The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

Pleasure blinds (so to speak) the eyes of the mind, and has no
fellowship with virtue.
[Lat., Voluptas read more

Pleasure blinds (so to speak) the eyes of the mind, and has no
fellowship with virtue.
[Lat., Voluptas mentis (ut ita dicam) praestringit oculos, nec
habet ullum cum virtute commercium.]

Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.

Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.

Rich the treasure,
Sweet the pleasure,
Sweet is pleasure after pain.

Rich the treasure,
Sweet the pleasure,
Sweet is pleasure after pain.

Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is

Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is

We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.

We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.

Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.

Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.

Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure.

Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure.