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.
Joseph ButlerThings 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?
Joseph ButlerEvery 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 Butler