So so act, that that the rule on which you act would admit of being adopted as a law by all the the rational beings The love of money, of power, or of fame That all of these may, and often do Render the individual noxious to the other members of the society to which he belongs The love of money, of power, or of fame That all of these may, and often do Render the individual noxious to the other members of the society to which he belongs Mankind loves life too well; the objects that surround them The seducing phantom of pleasure, and hope That sweetest error of mortals Which makes men swallow such large droughts of evil Mingled with a very few drops of good Allure allure them to strongly Seduced by that universal and flattering hope Which makes men believe that all unlucky accidents are the lot of others and the most fortunate only their share