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Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless has

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

Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the

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Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth.

There is something self-defeating in the too-cons

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There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of pleasure.

In everything satiety closely follows the greates

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In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.

There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anx

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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up m

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

Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is

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

Pleasure is the flower that passes; remembrance,

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

We can often endure an extra pound of pain far mo

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We can often endure an extra pound of pain far more easily than we can suffer the withdrawal of an ounce of accustomed pleasure.

No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety.

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No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety.

I take it as a prime cause of the present confusi

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I take it as a prime cause of the present confusion of society that it is too sickly and too doubtful to use pleasure frankly as a test of value.

The essence of pleasure is spontaneity.

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The essence of pleasure is spontaneity.

Men may scoff, and men may pray, but they pay ever

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

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