To look forward to pleasure is also a pleasure.

Toil and pleasure, in their natures opposite, are yet linked together in a kind of necessary connection.

Our pleasures and our discontents, Are rounds by which we may ascend.

Cling to nothing for its loss is pain.

I believe that man was created to enjoy himself, indeed, that he can claim it as his legitimate right. In fact, as long as he lives, man cannot help enjoying himself, even if he tries not... . Today the average person, when he hears the word pleasure, immediately thinks of something immoral. But nothing could be more wrong.

Flowers and fruit are never combined in one place: it is impossible that teeth and delicacies should exist simultaneously.

Pleasure is the state of being brought about by what you learn; Learning is the process of entering into experience of this kind of pleasure. No pleasure, no learning. No learning, no pleasure.