The sensible contentment (improperly so-called) which rests on the satisfaction of the inclinations, however delicate they may be imagined to be, can never be adequate to the conception of it. For the inclinations change, they grow with the indulgence shown them, and always leave behind a still greater void than we had thought to fill.
Poztasun estetikoa (okerki horrela deitzen dena), joeren asebetetzean oinarritzen dena, horiek betiere hain fin irudikatzen diren arren, ezin zaio inoiz horri buruz pentsatzen denari egokitu. Izan ere, joerak aldatzen dira, hazi egiten dira haiei eskaintzen zaien sustapenaren bidez, eta betiere betetzea pentsatzen zena baino zulo handiagoa uzten dute.