1Title
29Section 27. When Any Wrong Statement Is Made, Whether In Public Or
2Introduction
30Section 28. Men Are Like Children, In That, If You Spoil Them, They
3Chapter 1. - General Rules
31Section 29. It Is Often The Case That People Of Noble Character And
4Section 2. To Estimate A Man's Condition In Regard To Happiness, It Is
32Section 30. No Man Is So Formed That He Can Be Left Entirely To
5Section 3. Care Should Be Taken Not To Build The Happiness Of Life
33Section 31. A Man Bears The Weight Of His Own Body Without Knowing It,
6Chapter II. - Our Relation To Ourselves.-
34Section 32. When He Is Young, A Man Of Noble Character Fancies That
7Section 5. Another Important Element In The Wise Conduct Of Life Is To
35Section 33. As Paper-money Circulates In The World Instead Of Real
8Section 6. Limitations Always Make For Happiness. We Are Happy In
36Section 34. A Man Must Be Still A Greenhorn In The Ways Of The
9Section 7. Whether We Are In A Pleasant Or A Painful State Depends,
37Section 35. Our Trust In Other People Often Consists In Great Measure
10Section 8. To Live A Life That Shall Be Entirely Prudent And Discreet,
38Section 36. Politeness,-which The Chinese Hold To Be A Cardinal
11Section 9. To Be Self-sufficient, To Be All In All To Oneself, To
39Section 37. You Ought Never To Take Any Man As A Model For What You
12Section 10. Envy Is Natural To Man; And Still, It Is At Once A Vice
40Section 38. Never Combat Any Man's Opinion; For Though You Reached The
13Section 11. Give Mature And Repeated Consideration To Any Plan Before
41Section 39. If You Want Your Judgment To Be Accepted, Express It
14Section 12
42Section 40. Even When You Are Fully Justified In Praising Yourself,
15Section 13. In All Matters Affecting Our Weal Or Woe, We Should Be
43Section 41. If You Have Reason To Suspect That A Person Is Telling You
16Section 14. The Sight Of Things Which Do Not Belong To Us Is Very Apt
44Section 42. You Should Regard All Your Private Affairs As Secrets,
17Section 15. The Things Which Engage Our Attention-whether They Are
45Section 43. Money Is Never Spent To So Much Advantage As When You Have
18Section 16. We Must Set Limits To Our Wishes, Curb Our Desires,
46Section 44. If Possible, No Animosity Should Be Felt For Anyone. But
19Section 17. Life Consists In Movement, Says Aristotle; And He Is
47Section 45. To Speak Angrily To A Person, To Show Your Hatred By
20Section 18. A Man Should Avoid Being Led On By The Phantoms Of His
48Section 46. To Speak Without Emphasizing Your Words-parler Sans
21Section 19. The Preceding Rule May Be Taken As A Special Case Of The
49Chapter IV. - Worldly Fortune.-
22Section 20. In The First Part Of This Work I Have Insisted Upon The
50Section 48. An Ancient Writer Says, Very Truly, That There Are Three
23Chapter III. - Our Relation To Others.-
51Section 49. That Time Works Great Changes, And That All Things Are
24Section 22. It Is Astonishing How Easily And How Quickly Similarity,
52Section 50. In The Daily Affairs Of Life, You Will Have Very Many
25Section 23. No Man Can See Over His Own Height. Let Me Explain What
53Section 51. Whatever Fate Befalls You, Do Not Give Way To Great
26Section 24. I Feel Respect For The Man-and He Is One In A
54Section 52. What People Commonly Call Fate Is, As A General Rule,
27Section 25. La Rochefoucauld Makes The Striking Remark That It Is
55Section 53. Courage Comes Next To Prudence As A Quality Of Mind Very
28Section 26. Most Men Are So Thoroughly Subjective That Nothing Really
56Chapter V. - The Ages Of Life
