The First Thought Is Often

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?

Thus Self-love As One Part Of Human Nature, And The Several Particular Principles As The Other Part, Are, Themselves, Their Objects And Ends, Stated And Shown.

Compassion Is A Call, A Demand Of Nature, To Relieve The Unhappy As Hunger Is A Natural Call For Food

The Love Of Liberty That Is Not A Real Principle Of Dutiful Behavior To Authority Is As Hypocritical As The Religion That Is Not Productive Of A Good Life.

The Tongue May Be Employed About, And Made To Serve All The Purposes Of Vice, In Tempting And Deceiving, In Perjury And Injustice.