INDEX.
Reading edition
Abilities, 17.
Absent friend, 496.
Abuse of the great, 398.
Actions to be avoided, 570.
Actor, man an, 37.
Admonition, friendly, 553.
Advance step by step, 131.
Adversity, 8, 30, 57, 78, 175, 184, 185, 330, 366, 393, 477, 576, 577.
Advice, 82, 172, 193, 443.
Affectation, 87.
Age should be indulgent, 464.
Age, reverence for, 484.
Agreeableness, 258, 296.
Alms-giving, pride in, 318.
Ambition, petty, 165.
Amusements necessary, 111.
Ancestry, boast of, 239, 240, 385, 395, 493.
Angel, brute, man, 199.
Anger, 117, 119, 130.
Angry man, 518, 587.
Annoyances, 387.
Anxiety, needless, 298.
Apparel, 418.
Arrogance, 267.
Arts, mothers of the, 540.
Associates to be avoided, 571.
Associates, wicked, 215.
Associations, 542.
Attributes of hand, head, etc., 513.
Authority, 151, 452, 561.
Avarice, 38, 310, 364, 382, 481.
Bad men, 15, 351.
Beauty, 100, 179, 295, 565.
Beginning, etc., 383.
Behaviour, 430.
Beloved, best, 406.
Beneficence, 4, 5, 191, 485.
Benefits, 312, 345.
“Bless those that curse you,” 587.
Blockhead in fine clothes, 465.
Blockhead, lively, 562.
Boastfulness, 248.
Bodily and mental qualities, 204.
Body, the soul’s tent, 272.
Books, 96, 195, 196, 197, 252, 283, 550.
Bores, 579.
Borrowing, 429.
Braying men, 554.
Business, do your own, 564.
Calmness, 361.
Capacities of men, 32.
Caution in changing, 131.
Character, portraying, 160.
Character, test of men, 109.
Charity, 94.
Cheerfulness, 302, 391.
Children, 379.
Circumstances, 67.
Clever men, 86.
Companions, 450.
Conduct, best, 214.
Confidence, 268.
Consolation, 346.
Constancy of friends, 366.
Contemporaries’ approval, 156.
Contentment, 10, 52, 101, 135, 334, 471, 538.
Contrasts in life, 502.
Controversy with ignorant men, 584.
Conversation, 71.
Daily cares and duties, 503.
Dangers reconcile foes, 274.
Death, 26, 138, 461.
Deception, 243.
Deeds and words, 445.
Delusions, 441.
Deportment, 206.
Derision of superiority, 521.
Designs, 315, 405, 466.
Difficulties, 425.
Diligence, 189, 428.
Discontent, 222, 520.
Distinctions, invidious, 557.
“Do unto others,” etc., 372.
Doctrine entering the ear only, 285.
Dog’s tail, 373.
Doubt, 7.
Dreams, 388, 389.
Dull minds, 278.
Ears and tongue, 273.
Eat moderately, 572.
Education and morals, 348.
Eminence, 563.
Employment, want of, 11.
Empty things, 410.
Endurance, 582.
Energy, 95, 149.
Enjoyments, alloyed, 352, 353.
Envy, 124, 168, 271, 343, 375, 525.
Equality of men, 234.
Errors in judgment, 64.
Evil men reformed, 68.
Evil not to be returned, 413.
Evil plotters, 162, 569.
Evil speaking, 321.
Excellence and mediocrity, 60.
Exertion, 134, 263, 468, 510.
Expenditure, 176, 247, 511.
Experience, 36.
Faculties of men limited, 120.
Faith not to be forced, 408.
Falsehood, 341.
Fame of good and evil deeds, 277.
Fame, worldly, 34, 158.
Familiarity with the great, 255.
Fancy, charm of, 514.
Fashions, old, despised, 169.
Fate and wishes, 376.
Fate and youth, 122.
Fathers and sons, 519.
Faults, 20, 39, 41, 198, 219, 269, 347.
Favours, conferring, 317.
Fear, 339.
Feeble characters, 446.
Feeling, sudden transitions of, 127.
Flattery, 13, 250, 251, 323, 459, 528.
Foes and friends, 84.
Foibles, men’s, 322.
Follies, 97.
Folly’s reward, 567.
Fools, 108, 166, 181, 265, 415, 465, 541, 561, 574.
Forgiveness, 329, 344.
Fortune, 56, 173, 233, 249, 262, 276, 536, 552.
Friends, 16, 98, 174, 432, 458, 478, 496, 544, 547, 588.
Friendship, 24, 116, 309, 330, 346, 477.
Frugality, 316.
Generosity, 140.
Genius dull in society, 534.
Gifts, 80, 456, 529.
Giving, manner of, 354, 483.
God, the best friend, 79.
Gold beautifies, 422, 427.
Golden mean, 21.
Good, doing, 110, 136, 137, 145, 209.
Good for evil, 25, 311.
Good and bad men falling, 297.
Good man, 15, 288.
Good man’s intellect, 89.
Good name, 29, 289.
Goodness, 73, 153, 238.
Good son, 16.
Good wife, 16.
Good words, 457.
Good work undone, 35.
Gratitude, 317.
Great men, intercourse with, 177.
Great souls, qualities of, 78.
Greed, 447.
Grief, useless, 207, 324.
Griefs, secret, 300, 378, 394.
Grossness, 303.
Guilty men, 386.
Handicraft, 451.
Happiness, 58, 66, 70, 187, 253, 262, 311, 337, 363, 367, 406, 523.
Harsh words, 192.
Hatred, 123, 447, 549.
Health, 52.
Heart, 62, 79, 129, 132, 545.
Hearts and beauty, 179.
Heaven’s gate, 543.
Hero, 406.
Hoary head, 416.
Home, 253, 406, 523.
Humility, 150, 157.
Husband, 161, 401, 490.
Hypocrisy, 403.
Idleness, 424.
Ignorance, 103, 198, 199, 290, 301, 355, 431.
Imitativeness, 404.
Impudence, 374.
Increase, by degrees, 460.
Independence, 581.
Indiscreet men, 85.
Inherent badness, 373.
Injury rebounds, 126.
Injury unjustifiable, 407, 413.
Insignificance, man’s individual, 308.
Instruction, 580.
Irresolution, 294.
Judge things by their merit, 196.
Judgments, how formed, 259.
Kindness, 4, 5, 54, 92, 129, 305, 306, 311, 344.
Kinsmen and strangers, 91.
Knowledge, 3, 7, 43, 55, 201, 205, 218, 225, 286, 307, 355, 396, 397, 416, 454, 508, 546.
Labour, 275, 429, 453, 506.
Laughter, 47, 163, 186.
Law, 463.
Law and physic, 167.
Learning, 40, 43, 143, 342, 449, 479, 491, 504, 509.
Liars, 246.
Liberality, 93, 94, 140, 241, 449, 498.
Life, 23, 83, 125, 133, 144, 235, 287, 326, 365, 461, 502, 535, 539.
Loquacity, 182, 301, 359, 583.
Loss, greatest, 406.
Losses half felt, 216.
Love, 314.
Low-minded men, 485.
Man, an actor, 37.
Man an intellectual animal, 128.
Mankind, knowledge of, 369.
“Many cooks,” etc., 437.
Marriage, 333.
Mean, the golden, 21.
Mediocrity and excellence, 60.
Memory, 414.
Men, difficult to know, 33.
Men like ships, 409.
Mental faculties, limited, 120.
Mental offspring, 417.
Mental and bodily qualifications, 204.
Merit, innate, 433.
Merit, true and false, 242.
Merit without praise, 104.
Middling fortune, 536.
Mind, 115, 226, 229, 270, 279.
Misanthropy, 336.
Miser, 481.
Misery, 357.
Mistakes, 72.
Modesty, 159, 282, 436, 522, 548.
Money, 188, 190, 368, 573.
Mothers’ greatest joy, 566.
Morning, lesson of the, 139.
Nature praises the Creator, 512.
Neighbour, every man one’s, 442.
Neighbours and companions, 450.
Night, silence of, 266.
Noble birth, 434.
Noble-minded men, 485.
Novel-reading, 475.
Obliging others, 426.
Old age, 439, 484.
Old and new things, 196.
Old man, 65.
Opportunities, 185, 420.
Oppression, 191.
Origin, one common, 9.
Outward perfection, 499.
Parents’ affection, 154.
Parsimony, 316.
Passionate man, 74.
Passions, 1, 2, 119, 280, 447.
Past, present and future, 326.
Patience, 42, 118, 135, 185, 207, 476.
Peace, greatest, 406.
Personal troubles, 31.
Personation, 102.
Physic and law, 167.
“Physician, heal thyself,” 421.
Pity, 124.
Place, things out of, 237.
Plagiarism, 96.
Plans, miscarried, 327.
Pleasure, 337.
Pleasure and pain, 353.
Pleasure in others’ welfare, 350.
Poesy, 260.
Poetaster, 217.
Potter and clay, 377.
Popular opinion, 76.
Poverty, 44, 105, 121, 208, 245, 410, 422, 472.
Praise and censure, 88, 104, 500, 501.
Praise, how to merit, 130.
Prayer, universal, 19.
Prefaces to books, 550.
Prejudices, 551.
Premature actions, 264.
Premature death, 122.
Present affairs, 462.
Present good despised, 213.
Presents, 80, 456, 529.
Pretence, 102.
Pride, 107, 157, 159, 291, 338, 492, 497.
Pride in religious works, 318.
Profitable thing, 406.
Progress, 487.
Projects, 315, 405, 466.
Promises, broken, 28.
Prosperity, 10, 30, 56, 93, 175, 224, 350, 393, 477.
Providence, 320.
Purpose without power, 146.
Pursuits, 203.
Rabble among gentry, 358.
Rashness, 473, 559.
Reality, 546.
Reason, 14, 299, 559.
Reckless life reformed, 68.
Regrets, useless, 298, 486.
Remorse, 220.
Reprehension, 75.
Reproof, harsh, 553.
Resignation, 538.
Resolution, 12, 263.
Respect, hatred, pity, 123.
Restraint, 141.
Reticence, 18, 586.
Reviling to be borne, 587.
Riches, 148, 187, 210, 281, 400, 401, 470, 471, 536.
Ridiculous, cause of the, 292.
Righteousness, 443.
Romances, 419.
Salvation, 257.
Sea-margins of thought, 516.
Secrets, 99, 221, 288, 489, 505.
Seeming to be more than one is, 390.
Self-conceit, 112.
Self-conquest, 223.
Self-contemning, 578.
Self-control, 280.
Self-depreciation, 282.
Self-dissatisfaction, 46.
Self-judging, 524.
Self-knowledge, 152, 261.
Self-love, 142, 370.
Self-palliation, 467.
Self-praises, 412.
Self-reliance, 115.
Self-seeking men, 338.
Self-valuation, 328.
Sensuality, 423.
Serve from lowest station upwards, 335.
Shadows of the mind, 226.
Shame, 90, 256, 374.
Silence, 22, 180, 244, 254, 438, 444, 465, 474, 556.
Simpletons, bores, 579.
Simplicity, 435, 488, 568.
Sin, repeated, 170, 448.
Single are we born, etc., 589.
Slander, 69, 412, 560.
Smatterers, 384.
Society, 27, 258, 537.
Son, good, 16.
Sorrows, 6, 50, 61, 185, 381.
Sparing and spending, 511.
Speech, 180, 254, 438, 474.
Strangers and kinsmen, 91.
Stupidity, 515.
Style in writing, 284.
Subtle and dull minds, 278.
Subtle-witted men, 278.
Success, 149, 183, 578, 583.
Successes, unexpected, 53.
Suffering, 147.
Superiority, 57, 527.
Superstition, 356.
Sweep your own doorstep, 507.
Sympathy, 371.
Taciturnity, 244, 526, 583.
Talents and character, 576.
Talkativeness, 182, 301, 359, 583.
Temperance, 380.
Temptation, 106.
Things good and bad, 59.
Things long desired, 392.
Things to be guarded against, 155.
Things universally valued, 399.
Think before speaking, 474.
Thorns and roses, 331.
Thought, 114, 402, 516.
Time, 79, 113, 325, 360.
Titles of books, 283.
To-day and to-morrow, 530, 531.
Toil and pleasure, 349.
Tongue and ears, 273.
Trials, 51.
Troubles, 202.
Truth, lovers of, 246.
Truth and severity, 332.
Undertakings of the careless, 313.
Universe, lessons of the, 48.
Vacant mind, 229.
Valour, 449.
Vanity, cure of, 494.
Vaticination, 462.
Vices, 304, 340.
Vicissitudes, 584.
Virtue, 532, 589.
Vociferation, 361.
Voice, the human, 455.
Weak and strong men, 236.
Wealth, 77, 115, 148, 187, 210, 267, 400, 440, 449.
Wicked associates, 215.
Wicked, unstable, 411.
Wickedness, odious in the learned, 469.
Wife, 16, 161, 194, 200, 231, 232, 401, 406.
Wisdom, 171, 482, 584.
Wise men, 131, 227, 265, 533, 584.
Wish, father to the thought, 212.
Wishes, vain, 486.
Wishes and powers, 293.
Wit and fancy, 555.
Wit and wisdom, 362, 558.
Woman, 45, 164, 178, 230, 495, 509, 517.
Words cannot be recalled, 228.
Words, harsh, 192.
Words without deeds, 211.
World, a beautiful book, 49.
Worldly fame and pleasure, 34, 158.
Worst thing, 406.
Wretched not to be mocked, 63.
Writings, like dishes, books, like beauty, 96.
Years, early, misspent, 480.
Youth, negligence in, 81.
Youth returns not, 319.
Zeal, excessive, 586.
Transcriber’s Notes
Items changed in the text are noted by dotted underline.
Item 54: Mahhābhārata changed to Mahābhārata
Item 92: Mahābāhrata changed to Mahābhārata
Item 115: Depend not an changed to Depend not on
Item 306: Chandalas’ changed to Chándálas’
Item 434: Goldini changed to Goldoni