Pleasure of Inheritance by Murder: Balzac

"To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure." -- Honore de Balzac

Are We Buying Pleasure or Selling Ourselves to It?

"Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it." -- Benjamin Franklin

Expensive Pleasures Cost Pain Eventually

"Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost, must always end in pain." -- Samuel Johnson

Money Gives Pleasure All The Time

"I'm tired of Love: I'm still more tired of Rhyme. But Money gives me pleasure all the time." -- Hilaire Belloc