Emotions and Feelings

It is not shameful for man to succumb under pain, and it is shameful for him to succumb under pleasure.

Pain wastes the body; pleasures, the understanding.

Pleasure is oft a visitant; but pain Clings cruelly to us.

There is a pleasure in poetic pains Which only poets know.

Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure .

When pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.

When pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.

In educating the young we use pleasure and pain as rudders to steer their course.

That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.

It’s true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.

Debauchee, n . One who has so earnestly pursued pleasure that he has had the misfortune to overtake it.

The more he plumbed the depths of sensual pleasure, the more he emerged with grit rather than pearls.

When Pleasure is at the bar the jury is not impartial.

The man who does not play has lost forever the child who lived in him, and he will certainly miss him.

It is a happy talent to know how to play.

The passions are the only orators which always persuade.

Passion makes the best observations and draws the most wretched conclusions.

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring.

A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him.

Parents are the bones on which children sharpen their teeth.

Only passions, great passions, can elevate the soul to great things.

It’s frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself.

He has seen but half the universe who never has been shown the house of pain.