Phantom of Pleasure

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