The Used Key Is Always Bright.

Much Virtue In Herbs, Little In Men.

How Can Any Action Be Meritorious Of Praise Or Dispraise, Reward Or Punishment, When The Natural Principle Of Self-love Is The Only And The Irresistible Motive To It?

That Man Alone Loves Himself Rightly Who Procures The Greatest Possible Good To Himself Through The Whole Of His Existence And So Pursues Pleasure As Not To Give For It More Than It Is Worth.

Happiness Depends More On The Inward Disposition Of Mind Than On Outward Circumstances.

Nothing Brings More Pain Than Too Much Pleasure; Nothing More Bondage Than Too Much Liberty.