PLEASURE.
Pleasures lie thickest where no pleasures seem;
There's not a leaf that falls upon the ground
But holds some joy of silence or of sound,
Some sprite begotten of a summer dream.
Hidden Joys. L. BLANCHARD.
Pleasure admitted in undue degree
Enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
Progress of Error. W. COWPER.
Sure as night follows day,
Death treads in Pleasure's footsteps round the world,
When Pleasure treads the paths which Reason shuns.
Night Thoughts, Night V. DR. E. YOUNG.
To frown at pleasure, and to smile in pain.
Night Thoughts, Night VIII. DR. E. YOUNG.
A man of pleasure is a man of pains.
Night Thoughts, Night V. DR. E. YOUNG.
Who mixed reason with pleasure and wisdom with mirth.
Retaliation. O. GOLDSMITH.
Never to blend our pleasure or our pride
With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.
Resolution and Independence. W. WORDSWORTH.
Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense,
Lie in three words—health, peace, and competence.
Essay on Man, Epistle IV. A. POPE.