That which is the foundation of all our hopes and of all our fears; all our hopes and fears which are of any consideration; I mean a Future Life.

Things 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?

The satisfaction that accompanies good acts is itself not the motivation of the act; satisfaction is not the motive, but only the consequence.

There is a much more exact correspondence between the natural and moral world than we are apt to take notice of.

Love of our neighbour, then, has just the same respect to, is no more distant from, self-love, than hatred of our neighbour, or than love or hatred of anything else.

The 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.

Virtue, as such, naturally procures considerable advantages to the virtuous.