It is the same case, if justice, according to the system of certain philosophers, should be esteemed an artificial and not a natural virtue.

For then honour, and custom, and civil laws supply the place of natural conscience, and produce, in some degree, the same effects.

This in the mean time is certain, that the mention of the property naturally carries our thought to the proprietor, and of the proprietor to the property; which being a proof of a perfect relation of ideas is all that is requisite to our present purpose.

A relation of ideas, joined to that of impressions, always produces a transition of affections; and therefore, whenever any pleasure or pain arises from an object, connected with us by property.
we may be certain, that either pride or humility must arise from this conjunction of relations; if the foregoing system be solid and satisfactory.

And whether it be so or not, we may soon satisfy ourselves by the most cursory view of human life.
Every thing belonging to a vain man is the best that is any where to be found.