Virtue Is Not To Be

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 Private Interest Of The Individual Would Not Be Sufficiently Provided For By Reasonable And Cool Self-love Alone; Therefore The Appetites And Passions Are Placed Within As A Guard And Further Security, Without Which It Would Not Be Taken Due Care Of.

As This World Was Not Intended To Be A State Of Any Great Satisfaction Or High Enjoyment, So Neither Was It Intended To Be A Mere Scene Of Unhappiness And Sorrow.

Pain And Sorrow And Misery Have A Right To Our Assistance: Compassion Puts Us In Mind Of The Debt, And That We Owe It To Ourselves As Well As To The Distressed.

Happiness Or Satisfaction Consists Only In The Enjoyment Of Those Objects Which Are By Nature Suited To Our Several Particular Appetites, Passions, And Affections.