Every Thing Is What It

The Principle We Call Self-love Never Seeks Anything External For The Sake Of The Thing, But Only As A Means Of Happiness Or Good: Particular Affections Rest In The External Things Themselves.

Remember Likewise There Are Persons Who Love Fewer Words, An Inoffensive Sort Of People, And Who Deserve Some Regard, Though Of Too Still And Composed Tempers For You.

The Satisfaction That Accompanies Good Acts Is Itself Not The Motivation Of The Act; Satisfaction Is Not The Motive, But Only The Consequence.

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?

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.