When...we, as individuals, obey laws that direct us to behave for the welfare of the community as a whole, we are indirectly helping to promote the pursuit of happiness by our fellow human beings.

...perhaps there is some element of good even in the simple act of living, so long as the evils of existence do not preponderate too heavily.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

There are, then, these three means of effecting persuasion. The man who is to be in command of them must, it is clear, be able (1) to reason logically, (2) to understand human character and goodness in their various forms, and (3) to understand the emotions--that is, to name them and describe them, to know their causes and the way in which they are excited.

Teaching is the highest form of understanding.

To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man's power nor an easy matter.

It is impossible, or not easy, to alter by argument what has long been absorbed by habit