Society can only be happy and free in proportion as it is virtuous; but the present distinctions, established in society, corrode all private, and blast all public virtue.

社会只有在道德高尚的情况下才能幸福和自由；但是目前在社会中建立起来的区分腐蚀了所有的私人美德，并摧毁了所有的公共美德。

But, the private or public virtue of women is very problematical; for Rousseau, and a numerous list of male writers, insist that she should all her life, be subjected to a severe restraint, that of propriety.

但是，女性的私德或公德是很成问题的；因为卢梭和众多男性作家坚持认为，她一生都应该受到严格的约束，即礼仪。

And to render this general knowledge of due importance, I have endeavoured to show that private duties are never properly fulfilled, unless the understanding enlarges the heart; and that public virtue is only an aggregate of private.

为了使这种常识具有应有的重要性，我已努力表明，除非理解力扩大心灵，否则永远无法适当地履行私人职责；公德只是私德的总和。