The wise find pleasure in the two extremes but not in the intermediate states. The sages have said that the attainment of any of these two extremes form happiness. Misery lies in the intermediate states between the two.
अन्त्येषु रेमिरे धीरा न ते मध्येषु रेमिरे। अन्त्यप्राप्तिं सुखामाहुर्दुःखमन्तरमन्त्ययोः॥