The Wise Man Is Satisfied With Nothing.

If Admiration Were Not Generally Deemed The Exclusive Property Of The Rich, And Contempt The Constant Lackey Of Poverty, The Love Of Gain Would Cease To Be An Universal Problem.

What Indeed Is Life, Unless So Far As It Is Enjoyed? It Does Not Merit The Name.

The Virtue Of A Human Being Is The Application Of His Capacity To The General Good.

I Shall Attempt To Prove Two Things: First, That The Actions And Dispositions Of Mankind Are The Offspring Of Circumstances And Events, And Not Of Any Original Determination That They Bring Into The World; And, Secondly, That The Great Stream Of Our Voluntary Actions Essentially Depends, Not Upon The Direct And Immediate Impulses Of Sense, But Upon The Decisions Of The Understanding.

It Is Absurd To Expect The Inclinations And Wishes Of Two Human Beings To Coincide, Through Any Long Period Of Time. To Oblige Them To Act And Live Together Is To Subject Them To Some Inevitable Potion Of Thwarting, Bickering, And Unhappiness.