There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.

There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.

Doubtless the pleasure is as great
Of being cheated as to cheat.

Doubtless the pleasure is as great
Of being cheated as to cheat.

I fly from pleasure, because pleasure has ceased to please: I am
lonely because I am miserable.

I fly from pleasure, because pleasure has ceased to please: I am
lonely because I am miserable.

I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.

I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

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

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

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.

A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.

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.