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