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.]

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.

I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.

That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.

That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.

The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it read more

The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it is true because he gets pleasure out of it.

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.

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There read more

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society where none intrudes
By the deep Sea, and music in its roar.

Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.

Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.