First Sentence

"THE great pursuit of man is after happiness: it is the first and strongest desire of his nature: in every stage of his life, he searches for it as for hid treasure,-courts it under a thousand different shapes,-and, though perpetually disappointed, still persists- runs after and enquires for it afresh-asks every passenger who comes in his way, Who will shew him any good?-who will assist him in the attainment of it, or direct him to the discovery of this great end of all his wishes?"