Every action has its pleasures and its price.

Give them pleasure. The same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things, does the heart find its morning and is refreshed.

Old age, especially an honoured old age, has so great authority, that this is of more value than all the pleasures of youth.

Others may know pleasure, but pleasure is not happiness. It has no more importance than a shadow following a man.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

The pleasure of the moment begins to wither almost as soon as it blossoms; our pleasures are soon swallowed up in time's relentless torrent.

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.

To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.