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142; Draw the curtain of night upon in-
juries (Browne), 302; Forgiveness - the
hardest lesson to man (Penn), 334; We
forgive too little forget too much
(Swetchine), 438.
Fortitude: If thou findest anything better
than fortitude, &c., turn to it. . . . It is
a shame for the soul to give way when
the body does not (Marcus Aurelius),
158, 159, 160; Suffering with fortitude
the accidents of life a primary principle
of wisdom (Welsh Triad), 171; Clearness
of judgment leadeth us to fortitude.
If custom be strong to confirm one virtue
more than another it is fortitude (Essex-
Bacon), 273; May prudence, fortitude,
and truth erect your brow (Burns), 423;
Fortitude, that last virtue which crowns
the others (Lacordaire), 453. See, also,
Patience, Courage.

Fortune: What man calls fortune is from
God (Pythagoras), 87; Things necessary
to acquisition of fortune as difficult as
those for obtaining virtue. . . . No man's
fortune can be an end worthy of the gift
of being (Bacon), 265-266; Leave off the
game with fortune while in luck (Gra-
cian), 284; Let not fortune, which hath
no name in scripture, have any in thy
divinity (Browne), 304; A noble spirit
disdaineth the malice of fortune (Ches-
terfield), 363. See, also, Lot in life, Pros-
perity.

Franklin, Benjamin. Plan for acquiring
habits of virtue, 376.
Fraud. See Honesty.

Friendship: Make no friendship with a

man that is given to anger (Proverbs),
55; Have for friends the best of men
(Dhammapada), 82; Choose out the man
to virtue best inclined. . . . Esteem
those eminently friends who assist your
soul (Pythagoras), 86, 91; If thy friend
be sick, go on foot and see him (Ahikar),
104; If thou wouldst get a friend, prove
him first. . . . A faithful friend is the
medicine of life.... Change not a friend
for any good. . . . Forsake not an old
friend; the new is not comparable...
A friend cannot be known in prosperity.
. . . Admonish a friend; it may be he
hath not done it (Ecclesiasticus), 117,
118, 119, 120, 122; I had rather lose my
money than my friend (Erasmus), 212;
Nothing more becoming any wise man
than to make choice of friends (Raleigh),

254; The friends thou hast, and their
adoption tried, grapple them to thy soul
(Shakespeare), 281; Live with those
from whom you can learn. . . . Make
teachers of your friends. ... Let your
friends be the friends of your deliberate
choice (Gracian), 285, 286; Enter no
serious friendship with the ingrateful
man, the multiloquious man, the coward
(Quarles), 289; There is more skill neces-
sary to keep a friend than to reclaim an
enemy. . . . Do not lay out your friend-
ship too lavishly at first (Halifax), 315,
318, 319; Choose a friend as thou dost a
wife, till death (Penn), 327; No blessing
of life is comparable to the enjoyment of
a discreet and virtuous friend (Addison),
354; A friend should bear with a friend's
infirmities -not his vices (Stanislaus),
358; In friendships and enmities, let
your confidence and your hostilities have
bounds (Chesterfield), 361; Be courteous
to all, but intimate with few; and let
those few be well tried. . . . True friend-
ship is a plant of slow growth (Washing-
ton) 399; Our chief want in life is some-
body who shall make us do what we can
(Emerson), 458. See, also, Companions.
Frivolity. See Earnestness.

Frugality. See Expenditure.
"Fruits of Solitude," selections from
Penn's, 326.
Fuller, Thomas.

Holy State," 305.

Selections from "The

Gambling: Despise gambling. . . . If [a
man] gaineth, he weaveth spider's webs
(Maimonides), 169; Use not dicing nor
carding (Ascham), 220; Be neither gam-
bler nor thief. . . . One is the occasion
of the other (Mexican precept), 224; Re-
frain from dicing (Lyly), 261; Gambling
is a vice productive of every possible
evil (Washington), 399; Stake in no lot-
teries (Richter), 427.

Generosity. See Magnanimity, Charity (of
the Spirit), Benevolence, Giving.
Geniality. See Good nature, Anger.
Gentlemanliness. See Courtesy, Manners.
Gentleness: A soft answer turneth away
wrath (Proverbs), 54; Do not speak
harshly to anybody (Dhammapada), 83;
Be gentle in works and words (Ahikar),
104; Be gentle and mild to foes (Seneca),
142; He that speaks hastily is like a

that hath pity upon the poor lendeth
to the Lord (Proverbs), 52, 55; Cast
thy bread on the waters.... Give a
portion to seven (Ecclesiastes), 61; See
that he to whom thou givest worthy be.
... Talk not of thy gifts. . . . The merit
of thy alms melts away by ostentation.

Bestowing gifts on strangers while
kindred starve. . . is cruelty disguised
(Manu), 66, 69; Give to the giver, but
the churl pass by. Men fill the giving,
not the ungiving hand. . . . Though
much he give, the willing donor shall
rejoice and live (Hesiod), 74; To bestow
alms; ... to give help to kindred, the
greatest blessing (Buddha), 80; Give, if
thou art asked for little. . . . Overcome
the greedy by liberality (Dhammapada),
84; Conquer a man who never gives by
gifts.. He who is not rich and yet
can give will be exalted (Maha-bharata),
95, 96; To give to the right person, at
the right time, &c. not easy (Aristotle),
110; Turn not away from the needy.
Give unto the good, and help not the
sinner.... Lose thy money for thy
brother and friend (Ecclesiasticus), 115,
120, 123; When thou doest alms sound
not a trumpet (Jesus), 133; I have no
possessions so real as those I have given
to deserving people (Seneca), 141; Have
compassion upon the needy. . . . Take
care that their faces be not put to the
blush on account of your gifts (Maimo-
nides), 168; Give to the poor whenever
you have money. . . . Be liberal in gifts
(Mediæval precept), 178, 179; Those
that give with judgment find a delight
(Essex-Bacon), 273, 275; Be charitable
before wealth makes thee covetous
(Browne), 300; Giving what you do not
want nor value neither brings nor de-
serves thanks (Stanislaus), 358; Not
every one who asketh deserveth charity;
all, however, are worthy of the inquiry
(Washington), 399; How can that gift
leave a trace which has left no void
(Swetchine), 437; Choose some poor per-
son and relieve him regularly (Lacor-

daire), 453. See, also, Avarice, Benevo-
lence.

Glory. See Fame.

Gluttony. See Temperance.

God. See Religious injunctions.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Selections
from "Maxims and Reflections," 28, 29,
413.

Golden Rule, the: In the Maha-bharata
(twice formulated), 8, 97; In Confucian
Analects, 10, 101; In the sayings of
Ahikar, 105; In the Sermon on the
Mount, 17, 135.

"Golden Verses of Pythagoras," 86.
Good.

Desirable. -The Best: Esteem
that eminently good which is increased
to yourself when communicated to an-
other (Pythagoras), 91; What is honor-
able alone is good (Cicero), 127, 128; The
highest good is a mind which despises the
accidents of fortune and takes pleasure
in virtue (Seneca), 138; Let whatever
appears best be an inviolable law (Epicte-
tus), 153; Happy is he ... who never
understood. . . nor rules of state, but
rules of good (Wotton), 282; He fixes
good on good alone (Wordsworth), 430.
See, also, Happiness.

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Good name, A. See Reputation.
Good nature. Geniality. Benignity. -
Moroseness. Sullenness : Pleasant
words are as an honeycomb (Proverbs),
54; The superior man is anxious that
his countenance be benign (Confucius),
102; A merry heart maketh a cheer-
ful countenance (Ecclesiasticus), 120;
Smooth your way to the head thro' the
heart. . . . The most useful art of all,
that of pleasing, requires only the desire
(Chesterfield), 361; Resolved to exhibit
an air of love, cheerfulness and benig
nity. When most conscious of pro-
vocation, to strive most to feel good-
naturedly (Edwards), 372, 374; Good
humor one of the preservatives of peace
and tranquillity (Jefferson), 407.
Goodness: It is hard to be good (Aristotle),
110; Every good tree bringeth forth
good fruit (Jesus), 136; No longer talk
about the kind of man that a good man
ought to be, but be such (Marcus Aure-
lius), 161; Reject death and evil; choose
life and good; the option is given you
(Maimonides), 165; Resolutions to strive
for all qualities of goodness (Edwards),
366-374; Perfection is the measure of

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heaven; the wish to be perfect the mea-
sure of man (Goethe), 416; Desire no
more intellect than is requisite for per-
fect goodness (Swetchine), 437. See,
also, Virtue, Righteousness.
Gossip. Talebearing.
Scandal: Do not
repeat extravagances of language (Ptah-
hotep), 37; Thou shalt not go up and
down as a talebearer (Leviticus), 45; He
that goeth about as a talebearer (Pro-
verbs), 52; If thou hearest an evil word
about any one hide it (Ahikar), 104; Be
not called a whisperer. . . . If thou hast
heard a word let it die with thee (Eccle-
siasticus), 116, 121; Utter no ill-timed
gossip (Spirit of Wisdom), 164; Of ab-
sent persons I either say nothing or
speak with kindness (Erasmus), 212;
Carry no tales (Ascham), 219; If thou
keepest clear of carrying tales and repeat-
ing jests thou wilt keep clear of lying and
of sowing discord (Mexican precept),
223, 224. See, also, Scandal, Speech.
Gracian, Balthasar, selections from the
maxims of, 284.

Gratitude. - Ingratitude.

Thankfulness:

Habit. Use. - Practice: By virtuous use
thy life and manners frame (Pythagoras),
89; For a test of the formation of habits
take the pleasure or pain which succeeds
the acts (Aristotle), 109; Accustom your-
self to good morals, for the nature of man
dependeth upon habit (Maimonides), 165;
When there is a custom gotten of avoiding
to do evil, then cometh a gentle courage
(Wyatt), 236; Make such a habit of well-
doing that you shall not know how to do
evil (Sidney), 247; Where virtues are
but budding they must be ripened by
clearness of judgment and custom of
well-doing (Essex-Bacon), 272, 273; Good
methods and habits obtained in youth
will make you happy the rest of your
days (Penn), 332; Plan for acquiring

habits of virtue (Franklin), 376; Impor-
tance of the habits acquired in the acqui-
sition of knowledge (Washington), 400.
Halifax, Lord. Selections from Moral
Thoughts and "Advice to a Daughter,"
314, 316.

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Happiness: Contentment is the root of
happiness... Wouldst thou be happy,
be thou moderate (Manu), 67; Happiness
is the outcome of good. ... Let us live
happily, though we call nothing our own
(Dhammapada), 83; Seek happiness in
deeds of virtue and usefulness (Maha-
bharata), 96; Tranquillity renders life
happy.
The wise man is always
happy. A happy life is comprised
in honesty alone. . . . Happiness com-
pounded of good things which alone are
honorable (Cicero), 127, 128; Rules for
a happy life (Seneca), 138; The happy
life described by Martial, 143-147; If
thou workest at that which is before
thee, expecting nothing, fearing no-
thing, ... thou wilt live happy.
Enjoy life by joining one good thing to
another, not to leave the smallest inter-
val between (Marcus Aurelius), 159, 161,
162; The happy life described (Wotton),
282; Happiness lies in the taste, and not
in things. . . . We are never so happy
or unhappy as we imagine (La Roche-
foucauld), 310; The great and constant
pleasures of life, not to be crossed if one
faithfully seeks happiness, are in health,
reputation, knowledge, doing good, and
the expectation of another world (Locke),
321-323; If thou wouldst be happy, bring
thy mind to thy condition (Penn), 328;
Never was a wise man wholly unhappy
(Chesterfield), 363; The happy man de-
scribed (Cowper), 394; The happiest
man is he who can link the end of his
life with its commencement. . . . The
happiest is he whose nature asks for
nothing that the world does not wish
and use (Goethe), 415, 416; Character
of the happy warrior (Wordsworth),
429; Is not life sufficiently happy when
it is useful (Swetchine), 437; What a
man has in himself is the chief element
in his happiness. . The two foes of
happiness are pain and boredom. . . .
The man whom nature has endowed with
intellectual wealth is the happiest (Scho-
penhauer), 441, 443; There is in man a
higher than love of happiness: he can do

without happiness, and instead find
blessedness (Carlyle), 448. See, also,
Good, Contentment, Pleasure, Life.
Harlotry. See Chastity.

Hatred Thou shalt not hate thy brother
(Leviticus), 45; He that hideth hatred is
of lying lips. . . . Better a dinner of
herbs where love is than a stalled ox and
hatred (Proverbs), 52, 54; Let us dwell
free from hatred (Dhammapada), 83;
Hate as if sometime to love (Bias), 269;
Hatred attends upon fear (Pythagoras),
92; Have hatred and contempt for no
one (Mexican precept), 227; Dislike
what deserves it, but never hate (Penn),
329; Chiefly, hate no man (Goethe), 416;
Hatred may be praiseworthy if provoked
by a lively love of good (Joubert), 418.
Haughtiness. See Pride.

Health. See Bodily care.
Helpfulness. See Benevolence.
Hesiod, Selections from

Days," 11, 71.
Hoarding. See Avarice.
Honesty. Integrity.

"Works and

The

Uprightness.
Dishonesty. -Fraud: A just weight is
the Lord's delight. . . . Divers weights
and measures aro an abomination to the
Lord. It is naught, caith the buyer
(Proverbs), 52, 55; Pay that which thou
vowest (Ecclesiastes), 58; Ne'er give
thy mind to aught but honest gain. . . .
Honesty included in the tenfold summary
of duty (Manu), 70; He that shall heaps
of gold command [by fraud or rapacity],
him shall the gods cast down.
man of sin is he confess'd ... who robs
the orphans (Hesiod), 73; When the
superior man sees gain to be got, he
thinks of righteousness (Confucius), 102;
Eat not bread that is not thine own. . . .
Take not with a big weight and give with
a little (Ahikar), 104; Defraud not the
poor.... Let not thy hand be stretched
to receive and shut when thou shouldst
repay.... Be not ashamed of exactness
of balance and weights (Ecclesiasticus),
114, 116, 125; Plunder not from the
wealth of others (Spirit of Wisdom),
104; Keep firm to your word.

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Dis-

Flee

far from doubtful possessions (Maimoni-
des), 167; The sure foundations and stab-
lished opinions that leadeth to honesty.

If you will seem honest, be honest
(Wyatt), 230, 235; Resolve that no man

is wise or safe but he that is honest (Ra-
leigh), 258; Let not the law be the non
ultra of thy honesty (Browne), 301;
There is more wit requisite to be an hon-
est man than to be a knave (Halifax),
314; A man of integrity is a true man, a
bold man, and a steady man (Penn), 339;
Have courage to show preference for
honesty (Stanislaus), 358; All rests at
last on that integrity which dwarfs tal-
ent, and can spare it (Emerson), 460.
See, also, Righteousness, Sincerity, Fi-
delity, Falsehood, Theft, Extortion.
Honor. Respect. -Deference. - Vener-
ation: To honor those worthy of honor
is the greatest blessing (Buddha), 79;
Due rites perform and honors to the dead
(Pythagoras), 86.
Honorable: What is honorable is the only
good (Cicero), 127, 128; Be an honorable
opponent (Gracian), 286; Where ye feel
your honor grip, let that ay be your
border (Burns), 422; Fame is something
which must be won; honor, only some-
thing which must not be lost (Schopen-
hauer), 442.

Honors, worldly: Shrink from worldly
honor as from poison (Manu), 67; There
is no nobility like that of morality (Mai-
monides), 168; Let ambition have but
an epicycle or narrow circuit in thee
(Browne), 303; The pomp, honor, and
luxury of the world are cheats (Penn),
332; The happy man o'erlooks the world
(Cowper), 394; Does not stoop nor lie in
wait for wealth or honors, &c. (Words-
worth), 430. See, also, Fame.
Hope: Hope deferred maketh the heart
sick (Proverbs), 53; Hope serves at least
to conduct us thro' life by an agreeable
path (La Rochefoucauld), 311; Hope is
generally a wrong guide, though very
good company (Halifax), 315; Hope not
beyond reason (Penn), 328.
Hospitality: Be courteous to thy guest
(Manu), 69; The man of sin is he con-
fess'd. who wrongs the guest.
Bid to thy feast a friend; thy foe for-
bear (Hesiod), 73, 74; Let thy hospitality
be moderate; rather plentiful than
sparing, but not costly (Burleigh), 240,
242; Hospitality is good, if the poorer
sort are the subjects (Penn), 326.
Humility. - Lowliness. Meekness: The
Lord giveth grace unto the lowly..
With the lowly is wisdom (Proverbs),

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50, 52; Reverence and lowliness, the
greatest blessing (Buddha), 80; If thy
doorposts be loftily built, bow thy head
(Ahikar), 104; The greater thou art,
the more humble thyself (Ecclesiasti-
cus), 114; Blessed are the poor în spirit.

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Blessed are the meek (Jesus), 130;
Meekness and humility are the steps of
the ladder to virtue (Maimonides), 169;
Humility and courtesy overcometh all
proud hearts (La Tour), 189; Live a
humble life. . . . Ever keep meekness
(Wyclif), 196, 198; Humility merits the
favor of God (Mexican precept), 223, 225;
Owe not thy humility unto humiliation
by adversity. . . . Look humbly upon
thy virtues (Browne), 302; Humility is
the true proof of Christian virtues (La
Rochefoucauld), 312; Be humble, but
not servile. . . . Meekness seems to be
humility perfectly digested, and from
a virtue become a nature (Penn), 327,
337; Imitate Jesus Christ and Socrates
(Franklin), 378; We have two great vir-
tues to acquire, humility and penance
(Lacordaire), 453. See, also, Pride.
Husband. See Marriage.
Hypocrisy; He who pretends to be what

he is not commits the worst of crimes
(Manu), 69; No dissimulation can be
long concealed (Pythagoras), 92; Hypo-
crisy is the homage which vice renders
to virtue (La Rochefoucauld), 311. See,
also, Sincerity, Earnestness, Falsehood.

made fat....
A man diligent in busi-
ness shall stand before kings (Proverbs),
51, 53, 56; Whatsoever thy hand findeth
to do, do it with thy might. . . . In the
morning sow thy seed (Ecclesiastes), 61,
62; Perform thy own appointed work
unweariedly...
... Thou canst not gather
what thou dost not sow (Manu), 67, 68;
On the sluggard hungry want attends.

Love every seemly toil (Hesiod),
73; To follow a peaceful calling, the
greatest blessing (Buddha), 80; Rouse
thyself! do not be idle (Dhammapada),
83; True goods never produced by indo-
lent habits (Pythagoras), 91; Be active
now, while thou art young (Maha-bha-
rata), 97; Labor diligently at your proper
callings (Confucius), 101; Hate not la-
borious work (Ecclesiasticus), 118; Sub-
mit to labors, however great (Seneca),
141; Labor not unwillingly (Marcus Au-
relius), 158; Eat of thine own regular
industry; form a portion for God and
the good (Spirit of Wisdom), 164; Ab-
hor indolence (Maimonides), 168; Three
things corrupt the world: pride, super-
fluity, and indolence (Welsh Triad), 172;
Truly and willingly do thy labor (Wy-
clif), 197; Be neither idle in solitude nor
a babbler in public (Thomas à Kempis),
204; Beware chiefly of idleness, the
great pathway to all evils (Ascham), 220;
Be not a lounger on the pavement....
Sow and thou shalt reap. . . . We live
not in this world without much labor
(Mexican precept), 223, 224, 226; If thou
dost not want labor for food thou may-
est for physic. Diligence is a dis-
creet and understanding application of
one's self to business (Penn), 326, 339;
Be always employed in something use-
ful (Edwards), 378, 379, 384; With dili-
gence there is nothing you may not
conquer (Chatham), 387; Spend a fair
share of every day upon the serious
occupations of your state (Lacordaire),
453; I do not wish to be any more busy
with my hands than is necessary. My
head is hands and feet (Thoreau), 465.
See, also, Thrift, Doing, Occupation.
Ingratitude. See Gratitude.
Iniquity. See Wickedness.
Inquisitiveness. See Questioning.
Instruction. See Education, Teachable-

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