The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is

Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is

Men may scoff, and men may pray,
But they pay
Every pleasure with a pain.

Men may scoff, and men may pray,
But they pay
Every pleasure with a pain.

Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.

Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.

Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.

Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.

Look upon the world as your enemy because only then the gifts it gives will give you immense pleasure.

Look upon the world as your enemy because only then the gifts it gives will give you immense pleasure.

In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.
[Lat., Omnibus in rebus voluptatibus maximis fastidium finitimum
est.]

In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.
[Lat., Omnibus in rebus voluptatibus maximis fastidium finitimum
est.]

For some, pleasure is a fever they can't shake. For others, it's a disease they cannot seem to catch.

For some, pleasure is a fever they can't shake. For others, it's a disease they cannot seem to catch.