of yourself (Gracian), 286; Beware of
thinking yourself wiser or greater than
you are (Osborne), 294; Measure not
thyself by thy morning shadow, but by
the extent of thy grave. . . ́. Become
not thy own parasite. Busy not thy
best member in the encomium of thyself
(Browne), 303, 304; Vanity is never at
its full growth till it spreadeth into af-
fectation (Halifax), 319; A man ought
not to value himself of his achievements,
&c. (Washington), 403; Let no one
think that people have waited for him
as for the Saviour (Goethe), 416; Our
vanity is the constant enemy of our
dignity (Swetchine), 437.

Veneration. See Filial Duty, Elders, Au-
thority, Honor, Religious Injunctions.
Venturing. See Prudence.

Vice. See Virtue, Chastity.
Victory. See Contention.

Violence. See Murder, Theft, Oppres-
sion, Cruelty.

Virtue : When passing to [the future
world]. ... virtue will thy only com-
rade be.... Virtue alone stays by
[one] at the tomb (Manu), 68; Steep the
ascent and rough the road [to where
Virtue dwells] (Hesiod), 72; By virtu-
ous use thy life and manners frame.
. . . It is impossible to receive any gift
greater than virtue (Pythagoras), 89,
91; Virtue is a mean state between two
faulty states, of excess and defect (Aris-
totle), 110; Every virtue has its par-
ticular sweetness (Thomas à Kempis),
202; Endeavor to excel in virtue, seeing
in qualities of body we are inferior to
beasts (Lyly), 262; Pursue virtue vir-
tuously. . .
... Endeavor to make virtues
heroical. . . . Make not the conse-
quences of virtue the ends thereof
(Browne), 299, 300, 301; Plan for ac-
quiring habits of virtue (Franklin), 376;
All the virtues originate in actual wants;
all the vices in factitious ones (Swetch-
ine), 437; The four cardinal virtues
(Lacordaire), 452. See, also, Good, Good-
ness, Righteousness, Chastity.
Vows Pay that which thou vowest (Eccle-
siastes), 58.

Want. See Riches.

Washington, George. Letters of advice
to his nephews, and Rules of Civility,
398, 402.

Wastefulness. See Expenditure.

Wealth. See Riches.
Welsh Triads, 171.
Wickedness. -- Sinfulness. - Iniquity: A
wicked man is loathsome. . . . Wicked-
ness overthroweth the sinner. . . . The
lamp of the wicked shall be put out
(Proverbs), 53; Bad men are the most
rife (Bias), 76; It shall not be well with
the wicked (Ecclesiastes), 60; None sees
us, say the sinful; .... the gods see
them, and the omniscient spirit within
their breasts. . . . The god of justice
and the heart itself. . . . Iniquity fails
not to yield its fruit (Manu), 66, 67;
Smooth is the track [to the mansion of
Sin] (Hesiod), 72; To cease from sin,
the greatest blessing (Buddha), 80.
Wife. See Marriage.

Willingness: Nothing is troublesome that
we do willingly (Jefferson), 411.
Wisdom: The attributes of a wise man
(Ptah-hotep), 39; Praise of wisdom
(Proverbs), 49-53; Wisdom is as good
as an inheritance. ... Wisdom is a
defence (Ecclesiastes), 60; Worthless
he that Wisdom's voice defies (Hesiod),
72; The wise man is alone a priest
(Pythagoras), 90; Search for wisdom as
for silver (Maimonides), 166; Three
things produce wisdom: truth, consid-
eration, and suffering (Welsh Triad),
172; Be desirous of wisdom and apt to
learn it (Rhodes), 208; Rather go a hun-
dred miles to speak with a wise man
than five to see a fair town (Essex-Ba-
con), 278; Follow not the tedious prac-
tice of such as seek wisdom only in learn-
ing (Osborne), 294; God send you speed,
still daily to grow wiser (Burns), 423.
See also, Knowledge, Teachableness,
Education.

joice, O young man, in thy youth.
Remember thy Creator (Ecclesiastes),
62; One must do more when old than
when young. . . . Errors are not of
much consequence in youth. . . . One
need only grow old to become gentler in

judgment (Goethe), 414, 415; Youth
should be a savings-bank (Swetchine),

438.

Zschokke, Johann Heinrich Daniel. On
the overcoming of faults, 432.