There is no more lively sensation than that of pain its impressions are certain and dependable, they never deceive as may those of the pleasure women perpetually feign and almost never experience.
No lover, if he be of good faith, and sincere, will deny he would prefer to see his mistress dead than unfaithful.
To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell.
No lover, if he be of good faith, and sincere, will deny he would prefer to see his mistress dead than unfaithful.
Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.
The imagination is the spur of delights... all depends upon it, it is the mainspring of everything now, is it not by means of the imagination one knows joy? Is it not of the imagination that the sharpest pleasures arise?
Never lose sight of the fact that all human felicity lies in man's imagination, and that he cannot think to attain it unless he heeds all his caprices. The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries.
To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell.