Joseph Butler

Thus there is no doubt the eye was intended for us to see with.

Thus self-love as one part of human nature, and the several particular principles as the other part, are, themselves, their objects and ends, stated and shown.

This was the man, this Balaam, I say, was the man, who desired to die the death of the righteous, and that his last end might be like his; and this was the state of his mind when he pronounced these words.

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

The sum of the whole is plainly this: The nature of man considered in his single capacity, and with respect only to the present world, is adapted and leads him to attain the greatest happiness he can for himself in the present world.

The final causes, then, of compassion are to prevent and to relieve misery.