Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

When the idea of any pleasure strikes your imagination, make a just computation between the duration of the pleasure and read more

When the idea of any pleasure strikes your imagination, make a just computation between the duration of the pleasure and that of the repentance that is likely to follow it.

That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.

That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.

Rich the treasure,
Sweet the pleasure,
Sweet is pleasure after pain.

Rich the treasure,
Sweet the pleasure,
Sweet is pleasure after pain.

Anticipation makes the pleasure.

Anticipation makes the pleasure.

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.

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.

Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.

Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure.

Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure.