Material pleasures call for crowds. Mental pleasures are best enjoyed in solitude.
The material pleasure seeker lives a life of convention, engagements, routine, action, strain and high tension.
The person who is so fortunate as to appreciate and follow mental pleasures, is serene, natural, happy and content.
A cozy room, loved ones around, music, books, love and social conversation, those are mental pleasures; those are best.
He who can pick up a book, and read things worth while, gets satisfaction unknown to those whose life is banquets, theaters, dances, automobiles, parties, bridge, clubs and society doings.
The lover of books and home can enjoy the play, because he only goes to plays worth while, and he doesn't overdo it.
The confirmed theater-goer is a pessimist; he roasts nearly every play, and he is universally bored.
Get the home reading habit. Don't over-*do it. Call on friends, go to a good picture show once in a while; to good concerts; to good plays, but do not make this going out in the evening plan a habit. Let it be merely a dessert, or a rarity; like candy and ice cream, proper and enjoyable when taken in moderation.
When you get started reading worth-*while books on science, on history, on geography, on travel, on natural history, you will get into an inexhaustible field of pleasure and satisfaction.
Any time you can pick up your book and be happy.