wounding others (Joubert), 419; Polite-
ness is to human nature what warmth is
to wax (Schopenhauer), 445. See, also,
Manners.

Covetousness: Thou shalt not covet, &c.
(Decalogue), 43; Buddhistic command
against, 79; The superior man guards
against covetousness (Confucius), 102;
Form no covetous desire, that the bene-
fit of the world may not be tasteless
(Spirit of Wisdom), 164; Covetousness
cracks the sinews of faith, &c. (Browne),
300; To desire what belongs to another
is misprision of robbery (Halifax), 316;
Covet no man's property in any sort
(Penn), 339.

Cowley, Abraham. Translation from Mar-
tial, 144.

should not too much prize life which we
cannot keep, nor fear death which we
cannot shun (Essex-Bacon), 273; Happy
is he... whose soul is still prepared for
death (Wotton), 282; Live like a neigh-
bor unto death (Browne), 303. See, also,
Life.

Debt Salt and lead not heavier than debt
(Ahikar), 105; If you owe anything, pay
it willingly (Medieval precept), 178;
He that oweth much and hath nought,
may be sorry, &c. (Rhodes), 208; Have
the courage to discharge a debt while
you have money (Stanislaus), 356; Never
spend your money before you have it
(Jefferson), 411. See, also, Borrowing,
Honesty, Expenditure.

Decalogue: The Buddhistic, 78, 79; The
Hindu Tenfold summary of duty, 70;
The Mosaic, 4, 41.

Decalogue of canons for practical life (Jef-
ferson), 411.

Deceit. See Falsehood, Hypocrisy.

Deeds. See Doing.

Deference. See Filial Duty, Elders, Au-

thority, Honor.

Deliberation. See Prudence.

Dependents, treatment of (Ptah-hotep),

37.

65.

Dancing: Abstain from (Buddhist com-
mandments), 78.

Death: The day of death better than the
day of birth.... There is no work...
in the grave (Ecclesiastes), 59, 61; Vir-
tue alone stays by [one] at the tomb.

Long not for death, nor hanker
after life (Manu), 68, 70; Look to the
end of life (Solon), 76; Death does
not see him who looks down on the
world (Dhammapada), 83; Look upon
death or upon a comedy with the same
expression (Seneca), 141; Death is not
terrible; the terror consists in Our
notion of death (Epictetus), 151; No
man loses any other life than that which
he now lives. . . . The present is the
same to all.
It is one of the acts of
life, this by which we die (Marcus Aure-
lius), 158, 160; To live in fear of death
may possibly shorten life, but never
make it longer (Erasmus), 214; We

Descartes, René, the provisional rules of,
297.

Desirable. See Good.

Desire Desire is not extinguished by en-
joyment (Manu), 67; Right desire in the
heart, the greatest blessing (Buddha),
79; If you desire things not in our own
power you must be disappointed (Epic-
tetus), 150; Have something left to wish
for (Gracian), 287; Children and fools
want everything (Halifax), 318.
Detraction. See Slander.
Dhammapada, selections from the, 82.
Diligence. See Industry.
Disappointment: There can be no entire
disappointment to a wise man (Halifax),
315. See, also, Prosperity.
Discord. See Contention.
Discrimination. - Choice: To choose well
is the most important thing in life (Gra-
cian), 286.

Disdain. See Pride.

Dishonesty. See Honesty.
Disputation. See Contention.
Dissension. See Contention.
Dissimulation. See Falsehood, Hypocrisy.

Distrust. See Trust.

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Diversions. See Pleasure.
Divorce. See Marriage.
Dogmatism: The prudent man affirms
not lightly what is doubtful (Thomas
à Kempis), 203.
Doing. Deeds. Achievement.-Per-
formance: Divinity does not principally
esteem the tongue, but the deeds.
Perform great things, promising nothing
great (Pythagoras), 90, 93; We should
not judge a man's merit by his good
qualities, but by the use he can make
of them (La Rochefoucauld), 312; The
pride of compassing may more than com-
pare with the pleasure of enjoying (Hali-
fax), 316; A man, like a watch, is to
be valued for his goings (Penn), 328,
It is not enough to know, we must
apply; not enough to will, we must do
(Goethe), 416; Living requires little
life; doing requires much (Joubert),
418; It is by doing right that we arrive
at just principles (Swetchine), 437; A
man wants to use his strength, to see, if
he can, what effect it will produce (Scho-
penhauer), 444; Conviction, were it never
so excellent, is worthless till it convert
itself into conduct. . . . Produce! pro-
duce! were it but the pitifullest infinites-
imal fraction of a product, produce it
(Carlyle), 449, 450. See, also, Firmness.
Drama. See Stage.
Dress. -

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Personal adornment: One should
not wear garlands or use perfumes
(Buddha), 78; Be not too studied in
dress; it is the mark of a little mind
(Mexican precept), 223; Rags and bravery
will soon wear out of fashion; but money
in thy purse will ever be in fashion
(Raleigh), 257; Let attire be comely, not
too costly (Lyly), 262; The apparel oft
proclaims the man (Shakespeare), 281;
In apparel, avoid singularity, profuse-
ness, and gaudiness (Quarles), 290; Wear
your clothes neat, &c. (Osborne), 294;
Nothing is truly fine but what is fit (Hali-
fax), 318; Choose thy clothes by thine
own eyes (Penn), 326, 331; Do not con-
ceive that fine clothes make fine men
(Washington), 399, 401, 402, 403.
Drunkenness. See Temperance.
Duplicity. See Sincerity.
Duty: Let no one forget his own duty for
the sake of another's (Dhammapada),
83; Let it make no difference to thee

whether cold or warm, if thou art doing
thy duty (Marcus Aurelius), 160; Re-
solved to do whatever I think to be my
duty (Edwards), 366, 373; What is your
duty? To fulfil the claims of the day.

Art thou little, do that little well.

Like the star. . . let each man
wheel with steady sway round the task
that rules the day, and do his best
(Goethe), 414, 417; Men must either be
the slaves of duty or of force (Joubert),
419; Let us exceed our appointed duties.

There are not good things enough
in life to indemnify us for the neglect of
aduty (Swetchine), 437, 438; Do the duty
which lies nearest thee (Carlyle), 449;
See, also, Fidelity, Filial duty, Elders,
Political duty, Religious injunctions.

Early rising. See Sleep.
Earnestness. Seriousness. Gravity. -
Thoughtlessness. Frivolity: Those
who are in earnest do not die (Dham-
mapada), 82; Do every act of thy life as
if it were the last (Marcus Aurelius),
158.

Ecclesiastes, selections from, 7, 58.
Ecclesiasticus, selections from, 113.
Economy. See Expenditure.

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Economy of Human Life, selections from
The, 362.
Education. Teaching. -Learning: Be
not arrogant because of learning (Ptah-
hotep) 33; Of making many books there
is no end, and much study is a weariness
(Ecclesiastes), 63; Much insight and ed-
ucation the greatest blessing (Buddha),
79; Make much of the colleges and sem-
inaries. Instruct sons and younger
brothers (Confucius), 101; Hast thou
children? instruct them (Ecclesiasti-
cus), 118; Men exist for one another;
teach them then, or bear with them
(Marcus Aurelius), 161; Men learn when
they teach (Rhodes), 208; Study the
greatest pleasure of life. Make it a di-
version, not a toil (Erasmus), 215; In
study seek two things: first to conceive
or understand; second to lay up or re-
member (Essex-Bacon), 277; To advise
the ignorant is one of the duties that fall
in our way almost daily (Addison), 353;
The main business of education should
be to direct the will (Joubert), 419. See,
also, Books, Knowledge, Teachableness,
Edwards, Jonathan, the resolutions of, 366.

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Effrontery. Impudence. Imperti-
nence: Impudence is no virtue, yet able
to beggar them all (Osborne), 295.
Eighteenth century, moral characteristics
of, 27-29.

Elders, conduct towards: Treat not with
disrespect thy father, mother, teacher,
elder brother (Manu), 65; Honor and sa-
lute old men. . . . Be careful not to
mock the old (Mexican precept), 222;
Prefer elders and strangers (Penn), 332.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo: Passages from
"The Conduct of Life," 456.
Enchiridion of Epictetus, 15, 16, 149.
Enchiridion of Quarles, 289.
Enjoyment. See Pleasure.

Enmity: If thine enemy be hungry, &c.
(Proverbs), 56; Love your enemy (Je-
sus), 132; In friendships and enmities
let your confidence and your hostilities
have bounds (Chesterfield), 361.
Envy Envy is the rottenness of the bones
(Proverbs), 54; Provoke not envy (Py-
thagoras), 89; Envy and wrath shorten
the life (Ecclesiasticus), 124; Bear no
envy, that life may not be tasteless
(Spirit of Wisdom), 164; Envy always is
a concomitant of a pompous felicity
(Erasmus), 211; Be not jealous of what
the good God granteth to others (Mexican
precept), 227; The greatest harm you
can do unto the envious is to do well
(Lyly), 262; Happy is he
who en-
vies none (Wotton), 282; Let age, not
envy, draw wrinkles on thy cheeks
(Browne), 302; Envy is a passion we
never dare to avow.... Envy is more
irreconcilable than hatred (La Roche-
foucauld), 310, 311; Malice may be
sometimes out of breath, envy never
(Halifax), 315; Virtue is not secure
against envy. . . . Envy none (Penn),
329, 335; Softening the envious is an em-
ployment suited to a reasonable nature
(Addison), 353; We should treat envy
as the enemy of our happiness (Scho-
penhauer), 443.

...

Epictetus, selections from the precepts of,
15, 16, 149.

Epicurean morality, 13-15.

Equanimity Men are disturbed, not by
things, but by the principles and notions
which they form concerning things
(Epictetus), 150; To be at peace with
God is the fountain of true tranquillity
(Erasmus), 214; Shun the dissipation

which sudden fancies involve (Fénelon),
343; The tranquillity of the life of the
happy man described (Cowper), 394; Be
not disturbed at trifles or accidents
(Franklin), 378; Take things always by
their smooth handle (Jefferson), 411;
Who through the heat of conflict keeps
the law in calmness made (Wordsworth),
430. See, also, Self-control, Anxiety, An-
ger, Patience.

Equity. See Justice, Honesty.
Erasmus. "The Old Men's Dialogue,"
from the "Colloquies," 211.

Essex, Earl of, Letter of advice to the
Earl of Rutland, 269.

Euphues and his Ephœbus, 260.

Evil. See Righteousness, Goodness, Vir-
Lue.

Evil-designing. See Malice.
Evil-speaking. See Slander.
Example: Thou mayest take examples of
good conduct from a foe. . . . Something
from all (Manu), 65; Example of good
life more stirreth rude men than true
preaching (Wyclif), 196; Edify thy
neighbor by word and deed (Thomas à
Kempis), 203; Set not bad examples
(Mexican precept), 222; Make your ex-
amples of wise and honest men (Wyatt),
233; The life of Cæsar has no greater
example for us than our own (Montaigne),
249; A man should not vainly endeavor
to frame himself on other men's models
(Bacon), 267; All men that live are
drawn either by book or example (Essex-
Bacon), 276; Example prevails more
than precept (Osborne), 295; Nothing is
so contagious as example (La Rochefou-
cauld), 311; Resolution to imitate what
seems commendable in others (Edwards),
372; Wherein you reprove another be
unblamable yourself (Washington), 403;
Personal experience of the effect of a
contemplation of good examples in char-
acter (Jefferson), 406, 407; We reform
others unconsciously when we walk up-
rightly (Swetchine), 438.

...

Three things corrupt the world: pride,
superfluity, and indolence (Welsh Triad),
172; Be courteous and spend freely, and
you will be more loved (Medieval pre-
cept), 179; Waste not thy goods in great
feasts (Wyclif), 196; Beware thou spend
not above three or four parts of thy re-
venue (Burleigh), 240; Never spend any-
thing before thou have it (Raleigh), 256;
Never buy but with ready money (Os-
borne), 294; The art of laying out money
wisely is not attained without thought
(Halifax), 318; Frugality is good, if lib-
erality be joined. That is lost that is
misused.... Cast up your income and
live on half. Frugality is the better
way to be rich, for it has less toil and
temptation (Penn), 326, 331, 340; Have
courage to do without what you do not
need ;
... to set down every penny you
spend (Stanislaus), 357; The best error
is on the parsimonious side. . . . Fru-
gality is the sure guardian of our virtues
(Chesterfield), 363; Make no expense but
to do good to others or yourself (Frank-
lin), 378, 379, 384; I cannot enjoin too
strongly a due observance of economy
(Washington), 401; Never buy what you
do not want because it is cheap (Jeffer-
son), 411; Be saving, but not at the
cost of liberality (Joubert), 418. See,
also, Avarice, Thrift, Debt.

Extortion: Extortion maketh a wise man
foolish (Ecclesiastes), 60.
Extravagance.

Failure.

See Expenditure.

See Success.

Use not to make any manner of
lie. . . . A thief better than a man ac-
customed to lie (Ecclesiasticus), 115,
117, 122; If thou findest anything better
than truth, &c., turn to it. . . . With
all thy soul do justice and say the truth
(Marcus Aurelius), 158, 159, 161; I have
found no remedy for weakness of heart
like the pursuit of truth and justice
(Maimonides), 167; Stir all to love
truth (Wyclif), 195; Proclaim the truth
(Thomas à Kempis), 203; He that lieth
till no man believe him, let him go
where no man knoweth him (Rhodes),
208, 209; Use not to lie; . . . speak not
every truth; . . . a harmless lie is better
than a hurtful truth (Ascham), 219, 220;
Above all things, tell no untruth (Sid-
ney), 247; Not telling all the truth is
hiding it (Halifax), 315, 316; Never to
speak anything but the pure and simple
verity (Edwards), 369; Be true (Jeffer-
son), 410; It is much easier to recognize
error than to find truth (Goethe), 415;
May prudence, fortitude, and truth erect
your brow (Burns), 423. See, also, Sin-
cerity, Promises, Hypocrisy.
Fame.
Glory: The vulgar is
a depraved judge of beautiful deeds
(Pythagoras), 93; There is a shame
which is glory. . . . Envy not the glory
of a sinner (Ecclesiasticus), 115, 119
Notoriety and popular fame not to be
reckoned amongst goods (Cicero), 128;
Be a despiser of vain glory (Rhodes),
208; Happy is he . . . untied unto the
worldly care of public fame (Wotton),
282; Be substantially great in thyself,
and more than thou appearest (Browne),
302; Look upon fame as the talk of
neighbors at the street door (Richter),
427. See, also, Honors, worldly; Repu-
tation.

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Renown.

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Familiarity: Be familiar to few, equal to
all (Rhodes), 207; Be thou familiar, but
by no means vulgar (Shakespeare), 281.
Fanshawe, Sir R. Translation from Mar-
tial, 144.

Fashion Have courage to prefer propriety
to fashion (Stanislaus), 358. See, also,
Dress.

Father, duty towards. See Filial duty.
Fault-finding. See Complaining, Censure.
Fawning. See Flattery.
Fear. See Courage.

Fellowship. See Neighbors.

Fénelon. Rules for a Christian life, 343.
Fickleness. See Firmness.

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Fidelity. Treachery: The perversity of
the treacherous shall destroy them (Pro-
verbs), 52; There is no inheritance like
faithfulness (Maimonides), 168; Be faith-
ful in little things (Thomas à Kempis),
203; Who comprehends his trust, and
to the same keeps faithful (Wordsworth),
430.

Filial duty (Ptah-hotep), 39, 40; Honor thy
father and thy mother (Decalogue), 42;
Fear every man his mother and his
father (Leviticus), 44; Hear the instruc-
tion of thy father, forsake not the law of
thy mother (Proverbs), 48; By deep de-
votion seek thy debt to pay. . . . Treat
not with disrespect (Manu), 65; The man
of sin is he confess'd who . . . his hoary
parent stings with taunting rage (Hesiod),
73, 74; To support father and mother,
the greatest blessing (Buddha), 80; With
lowly duty to thy parents bow (Pythag-
oras), 86; Esteem most highly filial
piety (Confucius), 100; Honor thy father
and mother. . . . Help thy father in his
age (Ecclesiasticus), 114, 118; To thy
father and mother show honor and re-
spect (St. Louis), 176; Love your lady
and mother, obey her commandments,
believe her counsels (Suffolk), 200; Re-
vere, love and serve father and mother
(Mexican precept), 222; The greatest
comfort you can bestow on parents is to
live well and learn well (Lyly), 262; If
thou wouldst be obeyed as a father, be
obedient as a son (Penn), 328; Honor
and obey your natural parents, altho'
they be poor (Washington), 404; Rever-
ence and cherish your parents (Jeffer-
son), 410.

Firmness.-Steadfastness.-Resolution. --
Will. Fickleness: Not lightly from thy
resolution swerve (Pythagoras), 87; Abide
by the rules of life you have deliberately
proposed to yourself (Epictetus), 153;
The prudent man changes not unreason-
ably (Thomas à Kempis), 203; Be con-
stant, but not obstinate (Rhodes), 207;
Take some one path and march in a
straight line (Descartes), 297; We have
more power than will (La Rochefou-
cauld), 310; Have the courage to adhere
to a resolution

and to abandon it
upon conviction.
Have courage to
face a difficulty (Stanislaus), 357; If

thou believest a thing impossible, thy
despondency shall make it so (Chester-
field), 363; Resolve to perform what you
ought; perform without fail what you
resolve (Franklin), 377. See, also, Stub-
bornness, Persuasion, Refusing, Doing.
Fitness: It is not enough that a thing be
right, if it be not fit (Penn), 327.
Flattery: Have nothing to do with a treach-
erous flatterer (Mediaval precept), 179;
Flatterers are the worst kind of traitors
(Raleigh), 255; Love rather right words
than flattering. ... Let it be as painful
to be praised of lewd and inhonest per-
sons as if praised for lewd and inhonest
deeds.... Allure not the love of any
man by flattery (Rhodes), 206, 207;
Keep some great man thy friend (Bur-
leigh), 243; Happy is he ... whose
state can neither flatterers feed, nor &c.
(Wotton), 283; Use the commentary of a
severe friend, rather than the glosse of
a sweetlipt flatterer (Quarles), 290; If
we did not flatter ourselves, flattery of
others would be harmless. . . . Flattery
is a false coin, &c. (La Rochefoucauld),
311; Be no flatterer (Washington), 402.
See, also, Praise.

Folly. See Fools.

The

Fools: As the crackling of thorns under a
pot is the laughter of the fool (Ecclesias-
tes), 60; Shame shall be the promotion
of fools. . . . The companion of fools
shall smart (Proverbs), 50, 53; There is
no companionship with a fool.
fool becomes full of evil, even if he
gathers it little by little (Dhammapada),
82, 83; Consult not with a fool (Eccle-
siasticus), 119; The three laughs of a
fool at the good, at the bad, and at he
knows not what (Welsh Triad), 172;
Never had a fool thorough enjoyment
(Chesterfield), 363.

Forbearance: See Magnanimity, Patience,

Retaliation, Anger.

Forestalling: He that withholdeth corn,
the people shall curse him (Proverbs),
53.

Forethought. See Prudence.

Forgetfulness: Be able to forget (Gracian),
287.

Forgiveness. Pardon Forgive . . . so
shall thy sins be forgiven (Ecclesiasticus),
122; If ye forgive men, your heavenly
Father will forgive you (Jesus), 133;
Grant pardon before it is asked (Seneca),