We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them.

We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

He never does a proper thing without giving an improper reason for it.

He never does a proper thing without giving an improper reason for it.

Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster.

Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster.

We like so much to hear people talk of us and of our motives, that we are charmed even when read more

We like so much to hear people talk of us and of our motives, that we are charmed even when they abuse us.

We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.

We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.

With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and read more

With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and persistent of the economic motives proper