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As far as pleasures, you've got to have limits. You shouldn't have too much of good things, so you'll always have a desire for more and you won't get bored.

I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.

People seem to enjoy things more when they know a lot of other people have been left out of the pleasure.

It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.

Pleasure becomes a value, a teleological end in itself. It's probably more Western than U.S. per se.

Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none.

The enjoyment we get from something is powerfully influenced by what we think that thing really is. This is true for intellectual pleasures, such as the appreciation of paintings and stories, and it is true as well for pleasures that seem simpler and more animalistic, such as the satisfaction of hunger and lust.

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.