Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.
Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.
The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others.
Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy those are who already possess it.
There are two types of people--those who come into a room and say, 'Well, here I am!' and those who come in and say, 'Ah, there you are.'
When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.
Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.
