"I fly from pleasure," said the prince, "because pleasure has ceased to please; I am lonely because I am miserable, and am unwilling to cloud with my presence the happiness of others."
Samuel JohnsonMost vices may be committed very genteelly: a man may debauch his friend's wife genteelly: he may cheat at cards genteelly
Samuel JohnsonHe said that few people had intellectual resources sufficient to forgo the pleasures of wine. They could not otherwise contrive how to fill the interval between dinner and supper.
Samuel Johnson