Few pleasures there are indeed without an aftertouch of pain, but that is the preservation which keeps them sweet.
Make the most of every sense; glory in all the facets of pleasure and beauty which the world reveals to you...
It has been said that life has treated me harshly; and sometimes I have complained in my heart because many pleasures of human experience have been withheld from me...if much has been denied me, much, very much, has been given me.