~ The essence of pleasure is spontaneity. ~

~ Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. ~

~ Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil. ~

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

~ If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others. ~

~ Men may scoff, and men may pray, but they pay every pleasure with a pain. ~

~ Love is born with the pleasure of looking at each other, it is fed with the necessity of seeing each other, it is concluded with the impossibility of separation. ~

~ Illusion is the first of all pleasures. ~

~ Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex ~

~ Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is ~

~ There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. ~

~ Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave. ~

~ Men may scoff, and men may pray, but they pay every pleasure with a pain. ~

~ Pleasure is the flower that passes; remembrance, the lasting perfume. ~

~ Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations. ~