Happiness Does Not Consist In Self-love.

God Almighty Is, To Be Sure, Unmoved By Passion Or Appetite, Unchanged By Affection; But Then It Is To Be Added That He Neither Sees Nor Hears Nor Perceives Things By Any Senses Like Ours; But In A Manner Infinitely More Perfect.

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.

Men Are Impatient, And For Precipitating Things; But The Author Of Nature Appears Deliberate Throughout His Operations, Accomplishing His Natural Ends By Slow, Successive Steps. And There Is A Plan Of Things Beforehand Laid Out, Which, From The Nature Of It, Requires Various Systems Of Means, As Well As Length Of Time, In Order To The Carrying On Its Several Parts Into Execution.

The First Thought Is Often The Best.

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.