“Those who restrain desire, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained; and the restrainer or reason usurps its place & governs the unwilling.And being restrain'd it by degrees becomes passive till it is only the shadow of desire.”

“Those who restrain desire do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.”

“Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be controlled.”

“IV   The bounded is loathed by its possessor. The same dull round even of a universe would soon become a mill with complicated wheels.V   If the many become the same as the few, when possess'd, More! More! is the cry of a mistaken soul, less than All cannot satisfy Man.VI   If any could desire what he is incapable of possessing, despair must be his eternal lot.VII   The desire of Man being Infinite the possession is Infinite & himself Infinite.”

“He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.”

“Sooner strangle an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.”

“In a wife I would desire / What in whores is always found / The lineaments of gratified desire.”