Every man is to be considered in two capacities, the private and public; as designed to pursue his own interest, and likewise to contribute to the good of others.
Joseph ButlerThere is a much more exact correspondence between the natural and moral world than we are apt to take notice of.
Joseph ButlerThe 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.
Joseph ButlerPeople might love themselves with the most entire and unbounded affection, and yet be extremely miserable.
Joseph Butler