The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
[Lat., Voluptates commendat rarior usus.]

Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
[Lat., Voluptates commendat rarior usus.]

Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.

Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.

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.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

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.

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.

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.