Work saves us from melancholy. Pleasure exposes us to it.
The Puritan sours his pleasures by disguising them as duties.
Contempt for others, like masturbation, is best as a secret pleasure.
Profusion gives pleasure up to a point; then we become squeamish.
I am invigorated by work, wasted by pleasure.
The perfect pleasure: money is neither fattening nor immoral nor illegal.
Masturbation is a democratic pleasure, practiced by rich and poor, young and old, married and single.
The limitations of pleasure cannot be overcome by more pleasure.
Vacations prove that a life of pleasure is overrated.
Experience is a great spoiler of pleasures.
I gulp down my pleasures, chew over my miseries.
I pursue pleasure, but stingily, suspiciously.
Nothing goes sour more easily than the life of pleasure.
Pain narrows consciousness; pleasure blurs it.
The most reliable pleasure afforded by theater is the intermission.
Addicts turn their pleasures into vengeful Gods.
Pleasure usually comes when called, but not happiness.
