Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure.

“For me, one of the pleasures of cats' company is their devotion to bodily comfort”

“Tragedy delights by affording a shadow of the pleasure which exists in pain.”

“Put this restriction on your pleasures, be cautious that they injure no being that lives.”

“Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite are contrived to be constant companions.”

“Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are”

“Boredom is a sickness the cure for which is work; pleasure is only a palliative.”

“Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains”

“Oh, the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on earth!”

“Beauty and brains, pleasure and usability - they should go hand in hand.”