Who said “One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.”?

“We all try to escape pain and death, while we seek what is pleasant.”

“Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.”

“Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.”

“Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.”

“The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it is true because he gets pleasure out of it.”

“Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.”

“From politics it was an easy step to silence.”

“Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.”

“We do not look in great cities for our best morality.”

“Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.”

“A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.”