Who said “Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for…”?

“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.”

“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.”

“Never be so brief as to become obscure.”

“Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.”

“Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.”

“Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.”

“People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher and better than themselves.”

“Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.”