Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.

Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.

Doubtless the pleasure is as great
Of being cheated as to cheat.

Doubtless the pleasure is as great
Of being cheated as to cheat.

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a read more

Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.

Pleasure to me is wonder—the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind read more

Pleasure to me is wonder—the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind superficial mutability.

That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.

That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.

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.]

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

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