It Is Not At All Incredible, That

Every Man Is To Be Considered In Two Capacities, The Private And Public; As Designed To Pursue His Own Interest, And Likewise To Contribute To The Good Of Others.

Things And Actions Are What They Are, And The Consequences Of Them Will Be What They Will Be: Why Then Should We Desire To Be Deceived?

Man May Act According To That Principle Or Inclination Which For The Present Happens To Be Strongest, And Yet Act In A Way Disproportionate To, And Violate His Real Proper Nature.

The Object Of Self-love Is Expressed In The Term Self; And Every Appetite Of Sense, And Every Particular Affection Of The Heart, Are Equally Interested Or Disinterested, Because The Objects Of Them All Are Equally Self Or Somewhat Else.

People Might Love Themselves With The Most Entire And Unbounded Affection, And Yet Be Extremely Miserable.