Every man hath a general desire of his own happiness; and likewise a variety of particular affections, passions, and appetites to particular external objects.
Joseph ButlerThe object of self-love is expressed in the term self; and every appetite of sense, and every particular affection of the heart, are equally interested or disinterested, because the objects of them all are equally self or somewhat else.
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 Butler