Your Manners will depend very much upon the Quality of what you frequently think on; For the Soul is as it were Tinged with the Colour, and Complexion of Thought. Be sure therefore to work in such Maxims as these. A Man may live as he should do, and Behave Himself well in all Places, By consequence, a Life of Virtue, and that of a Courtier are not inconsistent. Again: That which a Thing is made for, 'tis made to Act for; and that which 'tis made to Act for, 'tis naturally carried To: And in the due pursuit of this Tendency the End of the Agent consists. Now where the End of a Thing is, there the Advantage and Improvement of it is certainly lodg'd. From hence the Inference will be, that the Happiness of Mankind lies in Society, and Correspondence: since that we were made for this purpose, I have prov'd already. ⁸ For is it not plain that the lower Order of Beings are made for their Betters, and the higher for the Service of each other? Now as Life is preferable to bare Existence, so amongst all Living Creatures, the Rational are the best Quality.