“He had no use for sensual gratification, unless that gratification consisted of pure, incorporeal odors.”

“Chocolate symbolizes, as does no other food, luxury, comfort, sensuality, gratification, and love.”

“Morality in sexual relations, when it is free from superstition, consists essentially in respect for the other person, and unwillingness to use that person solely as a means of personal gratification, without regard to his or her desires.”

“He could not - say rather, he would not - deny himself the chance of the pleasure of seeing Margaret. He had no end in this but the present gratification.”

“To an American the whole purpose of living, the one constant confirmation of continued existence, is to cram as much as sensual pleasure as possible into one's mouth more or less continuously. Gratification, instant and lavish, is a birthright”

“The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.”