Plato divinely calls pleasure the bait of evil, inasmuch as men
are caught by it as fish by a read more

Plato divinely calls pleasure the bait of evil, inasmuch as men
are caught by it as fish by a hook.
[Lat., Divine Plato escam malorum appeliat voluptatem, quod ea
videlicet homines capiantur, ut pisces hamo.]

In our amusements a certain limit is to be placed that we may not
devote ourselves to a life read more

In our amusements a certain limit is to be placed that we may not
devote ourselves to a life of pleasure and thence fall into
immorality.
[Lat., Ludendi etiam est quidam modus retinendus, ut ne nimis
omnia profundamus, elatique voluptate in aliquam turpitudinem
delabamur.]

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.

There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.

A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.

A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.

The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business.

The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business.

That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.

That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by read more

The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.

O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!

O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!