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.

Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.

Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.

O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!

O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!

Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is

Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is

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.

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.

There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.

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.

Despise pleasure; pleasure bought by pain in injurious.
[Lat., Sperne voluptates; nocet empta dolora voluptas.]

Despise pleasure; pleasure bought by pain in injurious.
[Lat., Sperne voluptates; nocet empta dolora voluptas.]