Chapter XIII: Letter V: 400 (11)

Life, A journey who may direct in, 1116
A term of, is set, 1117
Better sunny, than to boast of money, 1118
City, produces effeminacy of habit, etc., 1119
Different ages of, 1120
Direction of, 1121
Divinity shapes it, 1122
Domestic, the husband, 1123
Eternal, only candidates for election, 1124
Every period has its prejudices, 1125
Forethought wins in, 1126
Giants of, what are, 1127
Happy on sunny side of street, 1128
How to live twice, 1129
How to part with, 1130
How short is human, 1131
Human, what is, 1132
"I did," and "I didn't," 1133
If dark, still the sun is behind the clouds, 1134
Lies within the present, 1135
Live day by day for others, 1136
Look before thy feet, gaze not at stars, 1137
Make not sport of it, 1138
Mission in, for everyone, 1139
Only small portion of, enjoyed, 1140
Our little, is rounded with a, 1141
Represented by newspaper, 1142
The acts of this, 1143
Three whose lives are not, 1144
Too short to nurse wrongs in, 1145
Trifles make up sum of, 1146
The happiest, 1147
We find in it, what we put in, 1148
What the sweetest in, 1149
When we learn limits of, 1150

Listen, Be always ready to, 1151

Listener, Poor, who is, 1152

Litigation, Uncertainty of, certain, 1153

Little, By little, if oft done, 1154

Loneliness, What most lonely, 1155

Looks, The three, of men, 1156

Lost, The things, where we seek it, 1157

Love, Appreciation necessary to, 1158
At first sight, often regretted, 1159
Childish, sweetly expressed, 1160
Compared with indifference, 1161
Fault mine, if it ceases, 1162
To a man, the disappointment, 1163
Happiness of existence, 1164
How to part with, 1165
I know not, unless it be, 1166
If loved by man, loved by God, 1167
If there's delight in, 1168
Justifies poetic exaggeration, 1169
Letters of those we, 1170
Life without, day without sunshine, 1171
Light of life dies with, 1172
Like a nail, driven out by another, 1173
Like the moon, how, 1174
Loved one, not forgotten, 1175
Maiden in--600 B. C., 1176
Men easily duped by, 1177
More than his share, 1178
No disguise can conceal, 1179
Nothing sweeter than, 1180
Oft maintained by wealth, 1181
Produces amiability, 1182
Promotes schemes of life, 1183
Secret of obtaining, 1184
Sees no fault till, 1185
Tragedy of fickle, 1186
True, cannot forget, 1187
What a change it makes, 1188
What we love girls and boys for, 1189
When loveliest, 1190
Will die, if not expressed, 1191

Luther, Martin, and his friends, 1192
Was remarkable for, 1193

Luxury, Cost of, may help industrious poor, 1194

Magnanimous, He who is too much afraid of, 1195

Maiden, Lament of, lines on, 1196

Man, A compliment to, 1197
A truly great, never, 1198
Advances or recedes, 1199
Amiable, makes many friends, 1200
Angry, condemns himself, 1201
An old, of acute observation, etc., 1202
A volume, if one knows how to read him, 1203
Best, who is, 1204
Burns, his recognition of, 1205
By X. B. Saintine, 1206
Character goes with him, 1207
Child of his own deeds, 1208
Assumptions of, 1209
Deeds, standard of merit of, 1210
Description of, 1211
Direct not, who will himself choose, 1212
Dissatisfied, most to be pitied, 1213
Drunk, quarrel not with, 1214
Each may learn from other, 1215
End of wicked and righteous, 1216
Exalted, seen from afar, 1217
Failure of, do not destroy respect for, 1218
Firmness is for, 1219
Forgetting good intentions, what? 1220
Fully appreciated by equal or superior, 1221
Great, a good listener, 1222
Greatest glory, rising when he falls, 1223
Be content with the day as it is, 1224
Honest, believed without oath, 1225
Honest, tied by a thread, 1226
How to make true, 1227
If disliked, speak not of, 1228
Impossible to please every, 1229
Instinctive desire to see distinguished, 1230
It is not what he has, nor, 1231
Knows not the future, 1232
Like horse, esteemed for qualities, 1233
Looks aloft and beholds what, 1234
Married, best club for, 1235
Measures other, at first meeting, 1236
More inhuman than wolves, when, 1237
Must begin as inferior to become superior, 1238
Never speak of a, 1239
None always wise, 1240
Obstinate, held by opinions, 1241
Of high station, many blasts to shake, 1242
Of one idea, not to be reasoned with, 1243
Old, life like what, 1244
Perfected by trials, 1245
Pleasant, described, 1246
Poor, for want of, or from too many friends, 1247
Poor, unnoticed, 1248
Produced by nature, not by art, 1249
Real, finds not excuses for self, 1250
Should not be alone, 1251
Silent, sometimes deep and dangerous, 1252
Social creature, 1253
Strive not too anxiously, 1254
Swollen by prosperity, shrunk by adversity, 1255
The difference between, 1256
The unpunctual, 1257
Though surly, may be honest, 1258
True, never frets about place in the world, 1259
He had nothing and was, 1260
Weak, easily moulded, 1261
Well bred, acknowledges a fault, 1262
Well bred, always sociable, 1263
What did he leave at death, 1264
When act of equals, angel's, 1265
When he may be known truly, 1266
When to make a world for himself, 1267
Who deserves name of, 1268
Who excels, sought after, 1269
Who masters the world, 1270
Who thinks, governs, etc., 1271
Wise, shapes himself to environments, 1272
Working, hunger enters not his house, 1273

Manners, Coldness of, freezes, 1274
Contrasted with character, 1275
Mirror man's image, 1276
People with good, quiet, etc., 1277
Shadows of virtue, 1278
Vulgar people cannot be still, 1279
Want of, in society, unpardonable, 1280

Mansion, Be not inferior to thine, 1281

Marriage, A bloom or a blight, 1282
A maiden's trust in, 1283
Advice on, by Themistocles, 1284
Be careful before, 1285
Bond should be broken only by death, 1286
Can two live as cheaply as one? 1287
Choice in--Samuel Johnson, 1288
Choose not alone a proper, 1289
Effect on romance and history, 1290
Like public feast, 1291
Like shears, how, 1292
Marry in your own rank, 1293
Newly wedded, rule for, 1294
One seldom weds first love, 1295
Pious elder said to his son, 1296
Reason for many unhappy ones, 1297
Should be state of equality, 1298
The dying moments of a single life, 1299
The treasures of the deep are not so precious, 1300
Two views--beware, 1301
Vow, lines on, 1302
Wed for character, not money, 1303

Married, A girl should look happy, 1304

Marshall, Chief Justice, anecdote of, 1305

Master, Be sometimes blind and deaf, 1306
If your own, 1307
Our, is our, 1308

Matrimony, Knot tied with tongue, etc., 1309
Look for a help-mate in, 1310
Sum of happiness when, 1311
Two views of, 1312

Maxims, From the Persian, 1313

Meals, The, which are eaten in, 1314

Meat, How poor, and rich get, 1315

Melancholy, Johnson said of, 1316

Memory, All complain, but not of judgment, 1317
Ideas registered by attention, 1318
Prayer on the subject of, 1319
Sweetest, when without regret, 1320

Men, Better to be taught, than fed, 1321
Great, arise from the people, 1322
How hard to teach some, 1323
Middle class of, show nation's character, 1324
Unlucky, 1325
Study men rather than books, 1326
Wise, care not for what they cannot have, 1327
Young, apt to overrate, 1328
Young, the trouble with most, 1329

Mercy, Anecdote of Queen Victoria, 1330
Door of, when open, 1331
Lean to, if in doubt, 1332
Man, the child of, 1333
Not forgotten, the deeds of, 1334
Reward of him who shows, 1335
Teach your sons to love it, 1336
Weaves the veil of futurity, 1337
We pray for, let us render, 1338

Merit, Not always rewarded, 1339
Success of, 1340

Merry, All not who dance lightly, 1341

Metaphysics, Peculiar definition of, 1342

Method, Teaches to win time, 1343

Methodists, Noteworthy characteristic of, 1344

Might, If right, right not upright, 1345

Mind, A weak one, how effected, 1346
A well-governed, learns in time, 1347
Do not overtask, 1348
Effect on, of small matters, 1349
If uncertain, impulse directs, 1350
It cannot be too deeply, 1351
Narrowness of, is often, 1352
Noble, spurns idle pratings, 1353
Some know their minds and yet not their hearts, 1354
Steadiness of, a blessing, 1355
The, a man's kingdom, 1356
The face is the, 1357
True woman admires more than wealth, 1358
Untraveled--what is, 1359
Youthful, like wax, 1360

Minds, Small, hurt by small things, 1361
Noblest are easiest, 1362

Ministers, Of God, chief duty of, 1363

Mirth, Ounce of, worth more, etc., 1364

Mischief, Man no match for woman in, 1365
Most just is it that he who, 1366

Miser, Constantine's lesson to, 1367
Grows rich, by seeming poor, 1368
Pays too much for his gold, 1369

Misery, No thoroughly occupied man has, 1370

Misfortune, Do not bear, till it comes, 1371
Repine not at, 1372

Mistake, Anyone may make, fools stick to, 1373
Avoid, rather than correct, 1374
Quarrel not with slight, 1375
There are few, very few that, 1376

Mistakes, Teach impressive lessons, 1377
Young heads are giddy, 1378

Model, Copy not self, 1379

Moderation, Lines on,--Cowper, 1380

Modulation, Tis not enough the voice be, 1381

Money, Abundance of, ruins, 1382
A curse, if not earned, 1383
Complain of, want of, 1384
It cannot change blood, 1385
Lender of, his moods and tenses, 1386
Love of, root of much devotion, 1387
Man's master, or slave, is, 1388
Many heart-aches, behind plenty of, 1389
Not found in purses of others, 1390
No time to waste, in making, 1391
Obtained by work, 1392
Power of, 1393
Silences the world, 1394

Moon, Lines on,--Croly, 1395
Lines on,--Longfellow, 1396

Morning, Brings cool reflection, 1397
The, hour has, 1398

Mother, A royal, obedience of her children, 1399
Child and, Danish proverb, 1400
Daring of a, 1401
Funeral of a, 1402
Hallow her memory, 1403
Heart of, child's school-room, 1404
Heart, reached through child, 1405
Helpful comforter, 1406
Her history is written in her child, 1407
Moulds the man, 1408
Old, duty of children to, 1409
On death of,--Cowper, 1410
Ounce of, worth more, etc., 1411
Results of her examples, 1412
Sorrows of, 1413
Story of that of Pomponius Atticus, 1414
The, laughter of child, sweet to, 1415
True estimate of, 1416
Turf, from grave of, 1417
Whom can we better trust than? 1418

Music, Heart not touched by, forlorn, 1419
Loosens heart, bound by care, 1420
No, is so charming to my ear, 1421
Sometimes in a footstep, 1422

Nature, Errs not, though art may, 1423
Exists by motion, 1424
Good and ill, contrasted, 1425
Good, beauty of, 1426
Good, preserves good looks, 1427
Laws of, man cannot override, 1428
One follows the inclinations of his own, 1429
Pleasure of mingling with, 1430
Who can paint like, 1431

Natures, Vulgar, handle firmly, 1432

Neglect, Unmerited, a sharp sting, 1433

Neighbor, Profitable to know him, 1434
Put not off obliging, 1435
Very few live by choice, 1436

Neighbors, Duty towards, 1437

Nest, A bird's, 1438

New, There is nothing new under the sun, 1439

News, He bold is, who brings, 1440

Nicknames, Which stick best, 1441

Night, Brings coolness and counsel, 1442
The outlaw's day, 1443
Time for rest, 1444

No, Learn to say, 1445

Nobody, Who is, in the commonwealth, 1446
Who is, thinks everybody else is, 1447

Nothing, By doing, we learn to, 1448

Novelty, The young are fond of, 1449

Numbers, Easily impress us, 1450

Oats, Reply to Dr. Johnson's definition of, 1451

Obedience, Most important word in education, 1452
One of most beautiful things, 1453
Wise, modest, 1454

Obligation, Haste to discharge, sort of ingratitude, 1455
Most men remember, etc., 1456
Published, paid, 1457

Obscurity, People newly out of, etc., 1458

Obstinacy, Is will asserting itself, 1459

Occupation, Thrice happy those who have, 1460
A man should follow, 1461

Ocean, The abode of the British, 1462

Odd, Peculiar people, disagreeable, 1463

Offense, How people oftenest offend, 1464

Office, Power of, dog even obeyed in, 1465
Bad man in, public calamity, 1466

Omissions, No less than commissions, 1467

Opinion, It has been shrewdly said, 1468
No liberal man, 1469

Opportunities, Often lost by want of self-confidence, 1470
Past gone, future may never come, 1471

Opportunity, Let slip, proof of imbecility, 1472
Loss of, what lost by, 1473
Master of human destiny, 1474
Not seized, flies away, 1475
Poor use of, instance, 1476
Often lost by deliberation, 1477
Take the current when it serves, 1478
The, neglected, 1479
To-day it is offered, 1480

Oppressors, There are sharks in the ocean, 1481

Orators, All, are dumb, when beauty, 1482

Parent, Ambitious, misdirect children, 1483
Be not ashamed, if yours, humble, 1484
Effect of neglect of children, by, 1485
Remember not toil endured for, 1486

Parents, Good conduct of, blesses children, 1487
If fools, apt to make children so, 1488
We know not their worth, till lost, 1489

Parting, Like ships on the sea, 1490
Proves a kind of anguish, 1491

Passion, Control yours, 1492
Nothing like silence, 1493

Past, Comes not back, witness three things, 1494
Let by-gones be, 1495
Stirs man more than future, 1496

Path, Beaten, safe one, 1497

Pearl, Often hidden in ugly shell, 1498

Pen, The tongue of the mind, 1499

People, How to wake them, 1500

Perfection, Not in this world, 1501

Permanence, As the sun's shadow shifts, 1502

Perseverance, Makes mole-hills of mountains, 1503
Scottish, proverbial, 1504

Persistence, Necessity of, 1505

Petitions, Strengthened by gold, 1506

Philanthropy, Its satisfaction, 1507
True instance of, 1508

Phillips, Wendall, anecdote of, 1509

Physician, First patient, etc., 1510
His best fee producer, 1511
Real, of mankind, 1512
Satire upon, 1513

Physic, For the most part, is, 1514

Pity, Godlike, acted on, 1515

Plants, Fresh and fair, when, 1516

Pleasure, Brevity of, 1517
Dignity in, as well as in business, 1518
Greatest, what is, 1519
How made pleasant, 1520
Makes acquaintances, 1521
Oft sweetest in memories, 1522
Sometimes comes from flattery, 1523
The most delicate and sensible, 1524

Pneumonia, One way of avoiding, 1525

Poets, Modern, mix water with milk, 1526

Politeness, An essential ingredient of, 1527
Instance of, in small boy, 1528
Instance of true, 1529
Natural to delicate natures, 1530
True, everywhere the same, 1531

Politics, Are now, 1532

Poor, Few except the poor, feel for them, 1533
Folks' wisdom, 1534
He that thinks he can, 1535
Poor and content, 1536
Speak gently to, 1537
The, be mindful of, 1538
The, kings when, 1539
The, wait not to relieve, 1540
The, why they complain, 1541
The world avoids, 1542

Portraits, Husband and wife, mottoes under, 1543

Position, Not every easy, is soft, 1544

Poverty, Cannot be hidden, 1545
Grows heavier when, 1546
Is in want of much, 1547
Poor man resembles fiddler, etc., 1548

Power, Love of, instinct of human heart, 1549
Often goes before talent, 1550
Often silences the law, 1551
Partnership with men in, not safe, 1552

Practice, Strange, if what one preaches, 1553

Praise, Best diet for us, 1554
Just, a debt, 1555
Love of, in every heart, 1556
Of self, contents most, 1557
One who can be trusted, deserves, 1558
Self, a bad sign, 1559
Sweetest of all sounds, 1560
Use of indiscreet, when, 1561

Prayer, Brings all blessings, instance, 1562
For absent, 1563
House, in which there is none, has no roof, 1564
Key to God's mercies, 1565
Pray with heart, etc., 1566
Quaint old, a, 1567

Preacher, As an ambassador, 1568
Seeking fame, finds folly, 1569

Prejudice, Opinions, most violent, 1570

Prejudices, Who full of, 1571

Present, Enjoy it, 1572
Make it sweet, 1573

Presents, Many delight more in, 1574

Pretence, Makes people nothing, 1575

Prevention, An ounce of, is worth, 1576

Pride, Art thou an exalted being? 1577
Breeds no friends, 1578
Never be too much elated, 1579
Superior to adversity, 1580

Principles, Be unable to forsake, 1581
More precious than accomplishments, 1582

Procrastination, Effect of, 1583

Professions, Without practice, worthless, 1584

Profit, Not always an honor, 1585

Progress, None for the slothful, 1586

Promise, Deeds should equal, 1587
No piety in keeping unjust, 1588
Obligation of, 1589

Promises, To keep, make not many, 1590

Property, When not wise to give away, 1591

Prophecy, Fullfilment of a, 1592

Propose, Let those who, 1593

Prospects, Distant, please us, 1594

Prosperity, Brings friends, 1595
Creates selfishness often, 1596
Hard work, the road to, 1597
How obtained, 1598
In ascending hill of, meet no friend, 1599
Makes friends, 1600
Makes friends and enemies, 1601
Not always proof of rectitude, 1602
Shows weak mind, how, 1603

Proselyte, We love a, 1604

Proverbs, Japanese, 1605

Punctuality, A characteristic of politeness, 1606
Begets confidence and respect, 1607
It is neither polite nor, 1607a
Lord Nelson's rule, 1608
Want of, dishonesty, 1609
Want of, mark of little minds, 1610

Purposes, If not hatched, they decay, 1611

Purse, Consumption of, 1612
Empty, calls for a sweet tongue, 1613
Not to oversee workmen, is to, 1614

Quakerwise, Instance of, 1615

Quarrel, Best time to, 1616
Leave open the door of reconciliation, 1617
To, with one person, 1618

Quarrels, Have nothing to do with, 1619

Question, Should be rational, 1620

Rain, Ideas of pessimist and optimist of, 1621

Rank, Quote not thy high birth, 1622

Reading, Attempt not too much, 1623

Reason, Makes a man a prince, etc., 1624
When a man has not a good, 1625

Reciprocity, Good rule of, 1626
Rule of, by Confucius, 1627

Recreation, Necessary to human nature, 1628

Regret, Folly to shiver over, 1629

Relaxation, Above, produces, 1630

Religion, Costs nothing, does nothing, 1631
Doubt not blessings of, 1632
Good, if good for all days, 1633
Is knowledge of what? 1634
It is rare to see a rich man, 1635
More in walk than talk, 1636
Presents difficulties to whom, 1637
True, when seen is admired, 1638

Repentance, When deferred, lost in judgment, 1639
Not to bewail, but to forsake sin, 1640

Reproof, A gentle, anecdote of Wesley, 1641

Reputation, Man known by his, 1642

Resignation, It is reported of a person, 1643

Rest, All seek it, 1644
A present need, 1645
Is sweet to those who, 1646
It yields a bountiful crop, 1647
The man who goes easiest, 1648
Too much creates rust, 1649

Resolution, Hasty, unsafe, 1650
Irresolute people, etc., 1651
Sleep over, etc., 1652

Rewards, Disinterested, seldom miss, 1653
One knows not for whom he gathers, 1654

Rich, Man is, who is content, 1655
Some miseries of the, 1656
The, poor, if saving for heirs, 1657
The, should be generous, 1658
Very rich men seldom or never, 1659
Who is truly, 1660

Riches, Hard to gather, easy to scatter, 1661
How to learn to use them, 1662
Influence of, 1663
Inseparable from care, 1664
Loss of, changes judgment of men, 1665
Not conducive to labor, 1666
Opposed to generosity and humility, 1667
Serve a wise man, 1668
Strange that the miser strives for, 1669
We see how much a man has, 1670
What are? 1671
Where to find them, 1672
Without frugality none, 1673

Right, When one can do as he pleases, 1674

Rising, Late, effect of, 1675

Road, To wish for anything that is, 1676

Robbery, What is not, 1677

Roof, One, and two winds, 1678

Root, Water and protect the, 1679

Rose, Worth an empire, when, 1680

Royalty, A feather in the cap, 1681

Rudeness, There cannot be a greater, 1682

Rumor, No, wholly dies, once, 1683

Sabbath, Blessing to the poor, 1684
Observance of, freshens the mind, 1685
Peculiarly the poor man's day, 1686
Well spent, prepares for better, 1687

Safety, Better a little in, 1688

Said, More can be, in one minute, 1689

Salt, Where a luxury, 1690

Sand, Name on that of the sea, 1691

School, Emulation in, 1692
His first,--Henry Kirke White, 1693
It has been remarked that, 1694

Scholars, Early trials of, 1695

Scotland, Climate of, etc., 1696

Sea, Love it? 1697
Sweet to look at from land, 1698
Thoughts at, 1699

See, Old people, best in the, 1700

Secret, A thing locked in memory, 1701
A, when safe, 1702
Not a, if known to three, 1703
To keep, shun the inquisitive, 1704

Secrets, Folly to expect others to keep, etc., 1705
Make dungeons of the heart, 1706
Where secrecy or, 1707

Self, Be always ready to yield, etc., 1708
Be what friends think you, 1709
Command, if you would be great, 1710
Conceit of, rebuked, 1711
Denial of, brings blessings, 1712
Denial of, teach it, 1713
Difficult to be selfish and honest, 1714
Do something to be admired in, 1715
Do you want to know? 1716
Don't lean on others, 1717
How we judge and are judged, 1718
"I," sometimes coat of arms, 1719
If warm, thinks others so, 1720
Not what you've given, 1721
In it our joys are found, 1722
Interest of, a compass, etc., 1723
Interest of, warps judgment, 1724
Interest of, world much ruled by, 1725
Least said of, is too much, 1726
Lover of, has no rival, 1727
Man only can disgrace himself, 1728
Modest men speak not of merits, of, 1729
More easy to be wise for others, than for, 1730
No harder battle than to conquer, 1731
None like self but, 1732
One knocks on sore place in, 1733
Or others, which best to know, 1734
Pleasing object to, one obliged, 1735
Praise of, ill bred, 1736
Present know, future not, 1737
Some persons considerate of, 1738
Some persons can neither stir hand nor, 1739
Those who agree with us, we think sensible, 1740
Those wise, who think with, 1741
Trouble not another with, etc., 1742
We cannot see ourselves, 1743
What others, and I, say of, 1744

Self-interest, Is but the survival, 1745

Selfishness, Continual mourning is, 1746
If out of world, what then? 1747

Self-praise, May be used but little, 1748

Sense, Common, rare to whom, 1749
He lacks, who, 1750

Sermon, In what frame to hear, 1751
Reason for not preaching one, from manuscript, 1752
Story of Welsh preacher, 1753
When effective, 1754

Sermons, Best, to ourselves by ourselves, 1755

Severe, Oh ponder well! 1756

Shadows, We are--we pursue, 1757

Shepherd, The good, and the lost sheep, 1758

Sickness, Every man's master is, 1759
Absence of, 1760

Sight, Out of, out of, 1761

Silence, A safeguard is, 1762
Best for whom, 1763
Consummate eloquence of sorrow, 1764
Keeping of, no cost is, 1765
Often an answer, 1766
Often persuades more than speech, 1767
Sure reward for, 1768
When it shows wisdom, 1769

Silver, Plated, sarcasm for pretence, 1770

Simplicity, Old, now rare, 1771

Sin, Committed twice, seems none, 1772
Of others, always before our eyes, 1773

Sincerity, Mislead not others, 1774

Singing, Happy use of, 1775

Sinks, He who stands stiff, 1776

Slander, How to cure habit of, 1777
He who, his neighbors, 1778

Slave, When one is, 1779

Slavery, Air of Britain opposed to, 1780
Not from God, 1781

Sleep, After dinner, etc., 1782
All equal, when asleep, 1783
Annihilater of time, 1784
Beloved from pole to pole, 1785
Characteristic of the sleeper is, 1786
Closes the windows of the eyes, 1787
Difference of, between poor and rich, 1788
Heaven trims our lamps while we sleep, 1789
Home to the homeless, etc., 1790
Induced by preacher, instance of, 1791
Judge between high and low, 1792
Omit not offer of, 1793
Patron of mankind, etc., 1794
Trust it not without prayer, 1795
Unsolved mystery, 1796

Smile, Always attractive, 1797
Brightened by a tear, 1798
Put one on your face, etc., 1799
Valuable and costs nothing, 1800

Smith, Adam, anecdote of, 1801

Smoke, Turned into gold, 1802

Society, Among unequals, no harmony, 1803
Built upon trust, one in another, 1804
No comfort to whom, 1805
One way to be agreeable in, 1806
Ready to worship success, 1807
Sir, your levellers wish to, 1808
True art of being agreeable in, 1809

Solitude, Longing for, etc., 1810

Something, Do, however small, 1811

Son, A, lines on 21st birthday, 1812
Advice to a, 1813
Best gift to, by parent, 1814
Conduct of, shames or praises his mother, 1815
His opinion of his father's ability, 1816
Love of home, a joy, etc., 1817

Son-in-law, What gained or lost by, 1818

Sorrow, Concealed, burns the heart, 1819
Employment, best antidote for, 1820
How many manage to enjoy it, 1821
Knits hearts as no gold can, 1822
Ransom for offense, 1823
Wake not sleeping, 1825

Sorrows, All are bearable if, 1826
Think of blessings and forget, 1827

Soul, Erring, leave to God, 1828
Judge thine, as it must be judged, 1829
Where is home of, 1830

Speech, Avoid evil, 1831
Gentle, and, 1832
Inaccurate, comes from loose thinking, 1833
Make not sharp, to lady, 1834
Too much, insipid and tedious, 1835
When becoming, to show boldness of, 1836

Spend, Less than thou, 1837

Spendthrift, Slave of others, 1838

Stanza, Story of a, 1839

Stars, Candles in heaven's air, 1840
Man little in presence of, 1841
The, govern men, but, 1842

Stomach, Empty, effect of, on wisdom, 1843

Storm, Most violent, soonest over, 1844

Stranger, Be gracious unto, 1845
Pity the miseries of, 1846
The passing, 1847

Success, Age contented with mediocrity, 1848
Dependent on zeal, 1849
How to succeed, 1850
Its worst use, 1851
Mediocrity succeeds best, 1852
Not always to most learned, 1853
Of men, not rich, 1854
Search for, and doubt not, 1855
Small, leads to great, 1856
Too dear when, 1857
Who sure of, never undertakes, etc., 1858

Sufficiency, No one has a, 1859
Who has, smiles at, etc., 1860

Summer-day, The, endures not ever, 1861

Sun, The glorious lamp of heaven, 1862
The, when it shines, etc., 1863

Sunday, Observe, bells of, as angel's music, 1864
Why made the Sabbath, 1865

Superiors, The ways of, are generally, 1866

Swimming, Easy when held up, 1867

Sympathy, A golden key, 1868
A good test of, 1869
Clasp of hands, oft reveals, 1870
Heavenly, greater than gold, 1871
The human heart sighs for, 1872
These two complain, but no one, 1873

System, A saver of time, 1874

Tact, Shown in addressing at proper time, 1875

Talent, World ready to receive, 1876
Is something, but tact, is, 1877

Talk, All, shows no respect, 1878
Spendthrift of the tongue, 1879
They always, who think not, 1880

Talker, Great, sometimes right, 1881
The, sows, the listener, 1882

Talking, Name some, who talk too much, 1883
A man of sense talks little, 1884

Tardiness, Rebuke of, by Washington, 1885

Taste, Cost, takes away, 1886

Teaching, Learning twice, 1887

Tear, Nothing dies sooner than, 1888

Tears, God counts a woman's, 1889
Language strangled by, 1890
Silent effusions of sincere feelings, 1891
Sometimes have the, 1892
The diamonds of the eye, 1893
Tide working upward to the eye, 1894

Temper, Govern, or it will govern you, 1895
Good, is like a, 1896
If you have a good, 1897
When one can afford to keep, or lose it, 1898

Temptations, All come to the idle, 1899
Toil is a foil, 1900

Theatre, Opinion of, by some actors, 1901

Theory, Worth less, than practice, 1902

Things, All, that begin, end, 1903
Little do, and big will come, 1904
Little, do not despise, 1905
Small, despise not, 1906

Thought, Rules the world, 1907
The most important, 1908

Thoughts, First, not always the best, 1909
In matters of conscience, etc., which best, 1910
Without evil, God's best gift, 1911

Thumb, It is said the, is stronger, 1912

Thunder, Reason for liking to hear it, 1913

Tickling, There is scarcely anyone, 1914

Time, A great master, 1915
Forgotten in conversation, 1916
Happy, passes quickly, 1917
Honor, while passing, 1918
How noiseless falls, 1919
Hour lost in the morning, etc., 1920
Passes, like the, 1921
Spare moments, gold dust of, 1922
Unveils truth, 1923

Title, A peculiar way of acquiring, 1924

Tobacco, What animals use, 1925

To-day, Live, love and labor in, 1926

To-morrow, Prepare for, 1927
Whose is it? 1928

Told, What cannot be, 1929

Tongue, Better hold, than, 1930
But one, though two eyes, 1931
Control it, 1932
Creates great mischief, 1933
Instrument of good or ill, 1934
Let mildness attend your, 1935
More necessary to guard than, etc., 1936
Sin not with, life-long lesson, 1937
The, cuts like steel, 1938
Tool that grows keener by use, 1939

Tourist, Some too busy traveling, to see, 1940

Trade, A good, seldom needs aid, 1941
A useful, like gold, 1942
Conscience, etc., made wares of, 1943
Who has, may travel, 1944

Travel, Foreign, influence of, 1945
How to make delightful, 1946
Johnson's advice about, 1947

Treasures, Hid in sand, instance of, 1948

Tree, The beach's petition, 1949
Like a, am I sheltering others? 1950

Trials, The greater, the more glory to overcome, 1951

Trouble, A satire upon, 1952
Help those in,--instance, 1953

Troubles, Relieved by time, 1954
To tell, lightens, 1955

Trust, Perfect, instance of, 1956

Truth, Accustom children to speak it, 1957
Always necessary, a lie, never, 1958
Contrasted with falsehood, 1959
Contrasted with vice, 1960
Dignity of, lost, how, 1961
Evil of not believing, 1962
Instance of existence of, 1963
I cannot tell how the, 1964
Like the sun, etc., 1965
Love of, man's perfection, 1966
Often comes unsought, 1967
One, not made by many probabilities, 1968
Reward of, instance of, 1969
Say things that are true, rather than new, 1970
Seize upon it, wherever found, 1971
Suffer for, rather than gain by falsehood, 1972
Touching instance of, at sea, 1973
Who speaks it not, a traitor to it, 1974

Truthfulness, Reward of, 1975

Twilight, Nature hath appointed, 1976

Unexpected, The, often happens, 1977

Unfinished, The, is, 1978

Unfortunate, The, act as chill air on some, 1979
The, speak gently to, instance, 1980
Who serves the, serves God, 1981

Unknown, The, often magnified, 1982

Unreasonable, Things, never durable, 1983

Unwritten, That alone belongs to thee, 1984

Vicissitudes, But yesterday, the word of Caesar, 1985

Village, I had rather be the, 1986

Virtue, Act of, performed, conceal it, 1987
If there's a, 1988

Virtues, In competition with interest, 1989
Should characterize nobility, 1990

Voice, Mightier than strings, etc., 1991
Tone of, in speaking, 1992

Wages, Of palace and sweatshop, 1993

Wants, Search not for them, 1994
Source of, 1995
Who cannot provide for others, 1996

Washington, George, story of cherry tree, 1997

Waste, Brings want, 1998
Dollars played with in youth, etc., 1999
What, Greek proverb, 2000

Water-cure, About three-fourths of the weight, 2001

Wealth, A change it works, 2002
Contrasted with competency, 2003
Golden roof breaks rest, 2004
Much on earth, little in heaven, 2005
Poor man's, what, 2006

Wealthy, Many a lout is, 2007

Weeping, Some satisfaction to grief, 2008

Welcome, Do not say, but show it, 2009
Warm, best cheer, 2010
Who comes seldom, is, 2011
You are, as flowers in May, 2012

Well, Dig a, before you are, 2013

Whittier, Humorous lines by, 2014

Wicked, Who sows thorns, should wear shoes, 2015

Wife, Advice to one, 2016
A stubborn, is a, 2017
Advice to,--Shakespeare, 2018
Finds all joy in good husband, 2019
Fortitude of, etc., 2020
Fortune in, and with, 2021
Good, acts according to husband's estate, 2022
Good one, a blessing; bad one, a curse, 2023
Have no friend more intimate, 2024
Her happiest knowledge, etc., 2025
Instance of grief of one, 2026
Key of the house, 2027
Man's best or worst fortune, 2028
May lift or lower husband, 2029
When a man has secured a, 2030

Will, A ready, makes light feet, 2031
Prompt, makes nimble legs, 2032
Where there is a, 2033

Wills, What you leave at death, 2034

Wind, Among the trees, 2035
God tempers to shorn lamb, 2036

Winter, Finds out what, 2037

Wisdom, Safer to learn than to instruct in, 2038
To know how to grow old, 2039
Youth, not era of, 2040

Wish, He who pursues, 2041

Wishes, No avail without service, 2042

Wishing, Worst of all employments, 2043

Wit, Not found in beating the brain, 2044

Witness, Eye, outweighs others, 2045

Woe, None greater than, etc., 2046

Woes, By telling our, 2047

Woman, Fashionable, loves whom, 2048
Her heart's question, 2049
Her noblest station, 2050
Kindness in, not their, 2051
Love her, for what she tries to be, 2052
Manners, her ornament, 2053
Should refuse a lover, how, 2054
Soft voice, excellent in, 2055
Well dressed, when, 2056
When beautiful, but without principles, what, 2057
Who can stem her will, 2058
With only outward advantages, etc., 2059

Women, Happiest, have no history, 2060
Learn to manage them, 2061
Pretty, without religion, etc., 2062
What we love, admire and shun in, 2063

Woods, Take to, if worn, etc., 2064

Word, Angry, darkens the day, 2065
No, He hath spoken, 2066
Random, may soothe or wound, 2067
Spoken, not to be recalled, 2068
Unspoken, does no harm, 2069
Want of, effect sometimes, 2070

Words, Angry, ruin many, 2071
An able man shows his spirit, 2072
Are but wind, but, 2073
Charming in friend's vocabulary, 2074
Fair, gladden many hearts, 2075
Man of few, a good listener, 2076
Hard, break hearts, 2077
If good wanted, speak not ill, 2078
Kind, music of the world, 2079
Kind, oases in life's desert, 2080
On wings of thought they go to heaven, 2082
Pictures of our thoughts, 2083
Rashly spoken, forgive, 2084
Some, cut like steel, 2085
Think before using, 2086
Thy, have darted hope, 2087
When cannot be recalled, 2088
Without acts, flowers without perfume, 2089
Written, contrasted with spoken, 2090
Written remain, avoid ill, 2091

Work, A good beginning is half the, 2092
Art little? Do thy little well, 2093
Hard to wait for, 2094
Honest, be not ashamed of, 2095
If you do not in summer, starve in winter, 2096
Man known by his, 2097
One's, is the, 2098
Often tired in, but never of, 2099
Over-work is really worry or anxiety, 2100
Shows man his abilities, 2101
Take pleasure in your, 2102

World, Tent and life a dream, 2103
Knowledge of, where acquired, 2104
Not made for us, a happy thought, 2105
Quarrel with, is with self, 2106
My theology is reduced to this, 2107
The, cares most for riches, 2108
To enjoy, be deaf, dumb and blind to follies of, 2109

Worship, Public, necessary to religion, 2110

Wrath, Soft answer turneth away, 2111

Wretched, Call not that man, who, 2112

Wrinkles, A good life, 2113

Writ, What is, is, 2114

Writing, Nationality of handwriting, 2115
Remains, speech passes away, 2116

Wrong, Avoidance of, helps the power to do right, 2117
Remedy for, is to forget, 2118
Report of, pains, 2119

Yankee, Derivation of the word, 2120

Yawn, Why does one, make another? 2121

Yesterday, Were bright, then may die to-day, 2122
Thy, is past, thy to-day, 2123

Young, The, speak gently to, 2124

Youth, Beauty and possibilities of, 2125
Easy, makes hard old age, 2126
I approve of a, 2127
Judges in haste, 2128
Proper bride for, 2129
Riches for illusions, 2130
What it is, 2131
What youngsters think nowadays, 2132
Work in, brings repose to age, 2133

Zeal, Excessive, better than none, 2134

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

Quotations 1824 and 2081 are missing in the original.

The following corrections have been made to the text:

Page 1: IN ALPHABETICAL[original has ALBHABETICAL] ORDER

Page 15 (#55): Do you seek Alcides'[original has Alcide's]
equal?

Page 17 (#64): _Phaedrus[original has Phoedrus]._

Page 20 (#81): "'[single quote missing in original]This horse
is not my brother!'[original has double quote]

Page 23 (#86): ensconce[original has escone] thy legs

Page 59 (#227): he overcomes all things."[quotation mark
missing in original]

Page 85 (#335): When musing on companions gone[original has
gon]

Page 87 (#348): Conceit may[original has many] puff a man up

Page 90 (#376): _Quarles[original has Quarle]._

Page 91 (#386): _Epictetus._[original has _Epictatus._]

Page 93 (#401): _Antisthenes._[original has _Antishenes._]

Page 107 (#478): God, is alas!--forgotten[original has
forgotton]

Page 114 (#518): _Rochefoucauld[original has Rochefaucauld]._

Page 116 (#524): common among Englishmen towards
strangers.[original has extraneous quotation mark]

Page 116 (#525): Rochefoucauld[original has Rochefaucauld]
said, "The truest mark

Page 129 (#596): of consequence enough to be
flattered."[quotation mark missing in original]

Page 142 (#680): _Claude Mermet._[period missing in original]

Page 147 (#715): value of it is seldom known[original has
knows] until it is lost

Page 153 (#751): _By Winthrop M. Praed[original has Pread]._

Page 154 (#753): addition and subtraction[original has
substraction]

Page 155 (#757): to the foliage of a boundless
forest."[quotation mark missing in original]

Page 155 (#758): _I Cor.[original has colon] 2, 9v._

Page 164 (#797): When the tree is felled, its[original has
it's] shadows disappear.

Page 166 (#805): described as to his favorite dish.[original
has extraneous double quote]

Page 167 (#807a): _From Memoir[original has Memior] of Dr.
Guthrie._

Page 170 (#821): way to stop the mouth.[period missing in
original]

Page 170 (#822): addressing the Deity[original has Diety]

Page 181 (#871): Conspicuous[original has Conspicious] as the
brightness

Page 192 (#909): He knew me as soon as I came in, and
said,[original has extraneous single quote]

Page 192 (#912): would have sent to Denmark for it,
so[original has So] unconditional

Page 199 (#951): to the person who uses it.[period missing in
original]

Page 205 (#986): From Littell's[original has Littel's] Living
Age.

Page 215 (#1036): charms were crowned by the sun[original has
sum], which had fully emerged from the horizon

Page 236 (#1139): He hath a use for thee![original has
extraneous quotation mark]

Page 243 (#1178): getting rather more than thy
share."[quotation mark missing in original]

Page 264 (#1288): a man may be as happy, as with any one
woman[original has women] in particular

Page 274 (#1330): earnest about it, I said--'[original has
double quote]He is certainly

Page 274 (#1330): for aught I know to the contrary.'[single
quote missing in original]"

Page 306 (#1483): try to make lawyers, doctors,[comma missing
in original] preachers

Page 313 (#1516): The thirsty earth soaks[original has soakes]
up the rain

Page 323 (#1562): [quotation mark missing in original]"Where
did you leave God?"

Page 328 (#1592): could not have gone on without it.[original
has extraneous double quote]

Page 339 (#1656): eighteen centuries of
Christianity."[quotation mark missing in original]

Page 341 (#1666): I said, "No, never!" "[original has single
quote]Why not?"

Page 344 (#1683): Hesiod[original has Hesoid], a Greek, 850 B.
C.

Page 350 (#1711): when you go out.[period missing in original]

Page 353 (#1732): From the address of a grateful[original has
greatful] Hindoo

Page 360 (#1775): and every disposition to scandal."[quotation
mark missing in original]

Page 361 (#1780): Slaves cannot breathe in Britain[original
has Britian]

Page 373 (#1841): Will show the myriads[original has myraids]
more

Page 386 (#1924): "You are wrong there, too.[original has
comma]"

Page 393 (#1957): _In Boswell's Life of Johnson_, he
says:--[original has extraneous double quote]Next morning

Page 404 (#1997): "Come to my arms,[comma missing in
original]" said his father

Page 407 (#2014): Her every want to meet."[quotation mark
missing in original]

Page 407 (#2014): "Why, sakes alive," cried he.[period missing
in original]

Page 423 (#2056): one could not remember what she had
on."[quotation mark missing in original]

Page 425 (#2071): _Theognis, a Greek._[original has comma
instead of period]

Page 432 (#2115): wrote exactly in the Scotch
style."[quotation mark missing in original]

Page 460: under Life, "I did," and "I didn't,"[quotation mark
missing in original] 1133

Page 468: Philanthropy[original has Philanthrophy], Its
satisfaction, 1507

Page 475: under Soul, Where is home of,[original has comma
followed by a question mark] 1830

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