Clearly, the pleasures wines afford are transitory - but so are those of the ballet, or of a musical performance. Wine is inspiring and adds greatly to the joy of living.

Strong coffee, much strong coffee, is what awakens me. Coffee gives me warmth, waking, an unusual force and a pain that is not without very great pleasure.

Happiness is unrepentant pleasure.

Oh, give us pleasure in the orch-ard white, Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

Human beings are of two classes: those whose work is work and whose pleasure is pleasure; and those whose work and pleasure are one.