Jeremy Bentham — "The greatest good for the greatest number, and the greatest pain for the fewest."

"Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do. On the one …"

"The object of all legislation is to maximize pleasure and minimize pain."

"The game of push-pin is of equal value with the arts and sciences of music and poetry. If the game of push-pin furnish more pleasure, it is more valuable than either."

"Happiness is a very pretty thing to feel, but very dry to talk about."

"Man, from the very constitution of his nature, prefers his own happiness to that of all other sensitive beings put together : but for this self preference, the species could not have had existence."