Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty, (or libertinism.)

I wonder if pain comes from surrendering or resisting?

Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit allure thee, no persuasion move thee, to do anything which thou knowest to be evil; so shalt thou always live jollity; for a good conscience is a continual Christmas.

The Puritan hated bear-baiting not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators

In pain you can be more meditative than in pleasure.”

It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.