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.

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.

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness, and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness, and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has read more

Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.

Who pleases one against his will.

Who pleases one against his will.

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.

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.

I live and reign since I have abandoned those pleasures which you
by your praises extol to the skies.
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I live and reign since I have abandoned those pleasures which you
by your praises extol to the skies.
[Lat., Vivo et regno, simul ista reliqui
Quae vos ad coelum effertis rumore secundo.]

That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.

That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.