A thing seriously pursued affords true enjoyment.
[Lat., Res severa est verum gaudium.]

A thing seriously pursued affords true enjoyment.
[Lat., Res severa est verum gaudium.]

Sleep, riches, and health, to be truly enjoyed, must be
interrupted.

Sleep, riches, and health, to be truly enjoyed, must be
interrupted.

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be
described.
[Fr., Je l'ai toujours dit read more

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be
described.
[Fr., Je l'ai toujours dit et senti, la veritable jouissance ne
se decrit point.]

Though throned in highest bliss
Equal to God, and equally enjoying
God-like fruition.

Though throned in highest bliss
Equal to God, and equally enjoying
God-like fruition.

It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes read more

It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.

You were made for enjoyment, and the world was filled with things
which you will enjoy, unless you are read more

You were made for enjoyment, and the world was filled with things
which you will enjoy, unless you are too proud to be pleased by
them, or too grasping to care for what you cannot turn to other
account than mere delight.

If your capacity to acquire has outstripped your capacity to enjoy, you are on the way to the scrap-heap.

If your capacity to acquire has outstripped your capacity to enjoy, you are on the way to the scrap-heap.

It is a curious thing that people only ask if you are enjoying
yourself when you aren't.

It is a curious thing that people only ask if you are enjoying
yourself when you aren't.