Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgement, generally gives as much pain as pleasure.

Usually, there is nothing more pleasing that returning to a place where you have endured hardship.

You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.

It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us. [Italian: Necessita c'induce, e non diletto.]

The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.

Let My worship be in theheart that rejoices, for behold,all acts of love and pleasureare My rituals.

When we fulfill any need of the human body, it gives us pleasure. To breathe gives us much pleasure.

For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is an impression of pleasure in itself.

The pleasures arising from thinking and learning will make us think and learn all the more. 1153a 23

When a woman is romantically subdued, all she does at that moment is under the influence of her desires.

Heterosexuality is the enjoyment with fear, the pleasure with responsibility and the lust with concerns.

..there is more to life than just pleasure. We want to achieve our happiness and not just experience it.

Sure, I eat because I have to. But I also eat because I want to. It is one of life’s few pleasures.

One of the first conditions of happiness is the ability to take pleasure in other people's happiness.

You see, nothing matters except pleasure - which is the opposite of happiness, its tragic part, I expect.