[i]n Principle And In Practice, In A

Natural Rights Is Simple Nonsense: Natural And Imprescriptible Rights, Rhetorical Nonsense—nonsense Upon Stilts.

The Addability Of The Happiness Of Different Subjects Is A Postulum Without Which All Political Reasonings Are At A Stand

Reputation Is The Road To Power

It Is Vain To Talk Of The Interest Of The Community, Without Understanding What Is The Interest Of The Individual

We May Scatter The Seeds Of Courtesy And Kindness About Us At Little Expense. Some Of Them Will Fall On Good Ground, And Grow Up Into Benevolence In The Minds Of Others, And All Of Them Will Bear Fruit Of Happiness In The Bosom Whence They Spring.