“I esteem the man whose self-love, by whatever means, is so directed as to give him a concern for others, and render him serviceable to society: as I hate or despise him, who has no regard to any thing beyond his own gratifications and enjoyments.”

He admits that self-love is a positive driving force only when directed to the well-being of others, I believe that this person is just as selfish as the person that seeks only his or her own gratification