The Character Which Results From Wealth Is

Man, As An Originator Of Action, Is A Union Of Desire And Intellect.

Our Virtues Are Voluntary (and In Fact We Are In A Sense Ourselves Partly The Cause Of Our Moral Dispositions, And It Is Our Having A Certain Character That Makes Us Set Up An End Of A Certain Kind), It Follows That Our Vices Are Voluntary Also; They Are Voluntary In The Same Manner As Our Virtues.

For This Reason Poetry Is Something More Philosophical And More Worthy Of Serious Attention Than History.

The Best Political Community Is Formed By Citizens Of The Middle Class.

Happiness Depends Upon Ourselves.