Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.

Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.

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.

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as read more

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.

Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.

Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.

Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.

Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.

Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.

Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.

I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.

I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.

Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is

Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is

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.