Chapter 3.—Some Things are for
Use, Some for Enjoyment.
3. There are some things, then,
which are to be enjoyed, others which are to be used, others still
which enjoy and use. Those things which are objects of enjoyment
make us happy. Those things which are objects of use assist, and
(so to speak) support us in our efforts after happiness, so that we
can attain the things that make us happy and rest in them. We
ourselves, again, who enjoy and use these things, being placed
among both kinds of objects, if we set ourselves to enjoy those
which we ought to use, are hindered in our course, and sometimes
even led away from it; so that, getting entangled in the love of
lower gratifications, we lag behind in, or even altogether turn
back from, the pursuit of the real and proper objects of
enjoyment.