Pleasure (n.) is either pleasure that is satiable and that which becomes more insatiable the more they are satisfied. The man who pursues pleasure without distinguishing these two kinds is enervated, broken, no longer a true man, likely to descend into shameful practices.
Pleasure (n.) is extinguished at the very moment it gives delight.
Pleasure (n.) is lowly, slavish, destructable, its haunts are brothels and taverns.
Pleasure (n.) is not a worth guide, but is an accompanyment to a right and worthy desire.
Pleasure (n.) is that about which can be said: The day a man triumphs over pleasure, he will triumph also over pain.