589.

Single is every living creature born,

Single he passes to another world,

Single he eats the fruit of evil deeds,

Single, the fruit of good; and when he leaves

His body, like a log or heap of clay,

Upon the ground, his kinsmen walk away:

Virtue alone stays by him at the tomb,

And bears him through the dreary, trackless gloom.

Manu.

INDEX.

Abilities, [17].
Absent friend, [496].
Abuse of the great, [398].
Actions to be avoided, [570].
Actor, man an, [37].
Admonition, friendly, [553].
Advance step by step, [131].
Adversity, [8], [30], [57], [78], [175], [184], [185], [330], [366], [393], [477], [576], [577].
Advice, [82], [172], [193], [443].
Affectation, [87].
Age should be indulgent, [464].
Age, reverence for, [484].
Agreeableness, [258], [296].
Alms-giving, pride in, [318].
Ambition, petty, [165].
Amusements necessary, [111].
Ancestry, boast of, [239], [240], [385], [395], [493].
Angel, brute, man, [199].
Anger, [117], [119], [130].
Angry man, [518], [587].
Annoyances, [387].
Anxiety, needless, [298].
Apparel, [418].
Arrogance, [267].
Arts, mothers of the, [540].
Associates to be avoided, [571].
Associates, wicked, [215].
Associations, [542].
Attributes of hand, head, etc., [513].
Authority, [151], [452], [561].
Avarice, [38], [310], [364], [382], [481].

Bad men, [15], [351].
Beauty, [100], [179], [295], [565].
Beginning, etc., [383].
Behaviour, [430].
Beloved, best, [406].
Beneficence, [4], [5], [191], [485].
Benefits, [312], [345].
“Bless those that curse you,” [587].
Blockhead in fine clothes, [465].
Blockhead, lively, [562].
Boastfulness, [248].
Bodily and mental qualities, [204].
Body, the soul’s tent, [272].
Books, [96], [195], [196], [197], [252], [283], [550].
Bores, [579].
Borrowing, [429].
Braying men, [554].
Business, do your own, [564].

Calmness, [361].
Capacities of men, [32].
Caution in changing, [131].
Character, portraying, [160].
Character, test of men, [109].
Charity, [94].
Cheerfulness, [302], [391].
Children, [379].
Circumstances, [67].
Clever men, [86].
Companions, [450].
Conduct, best, [214].
Confidence, [268].
Consolation, [346].
Constancy of friends, [366].
Contemporaries’ approval, [156].
Contentment, [10], [52], [101], [135], [334], [471], [538].
Contrasts in life, [502].
Controversy with ignorant men, [584].
Conversation, [71].

Daily cares and duties, [503].
Dangers reconcile foes, [274].
Death, [26], [138], [461].
Deception, [243].
Deeds and words, [445].
Delusions, [441].
Deportment, [206].
Derision of superiority, [521].
Designs, [315], [405], [466].
Difficulties, [425].
Diligence, [189], [428].
Discontent, [222], [520].
Distinctions, invidious, [557].
“Do unto others,” etc., [372].
Doctrine entering the ear only, [285].
Dog’s tail, [373].
Doubt, [7].
Dreams, [388], [389].
Dull minds, [278].

Ears and tongue, [273].
Eat moderately, [572].
Education and morals, [348].
Eminence, [563].
Employment, want of, [11].
Empty things, [410].
Endurance, [582].
Energy, [95], [149].
Enjoyments, alloyed, [352], [353].
Envy, [124], [168], [271], [343], [375], [525].
Equality of men, [234].
Errors in judgment, [64].
Evil men reformed, [68].
Evil not to be returned, [413].
Evil plotters, [162], [569].
Evil speaking, [321].
Excellence and mediocrity, [60].
Exertion, [134], [263], [468], [510].
Expenditure, [176], [247], [511].
Experience, [36].

Faculties of men limited, [120].
Faith not to be forced, [408].
Falsehood, [341].
Fame of good and evil deeds, [277].
Fame, worldly, [34], [158].
Familiarity with the great, [255].
Fancy, charm of, [514].
Fashions, old, despised, [169].
Fate and wishes, [376].
Fate and youth, [122].
Fathers and sons, [519].
Faults, [20], [39], [41], [198], [219], [269], [347].
Favours, conferring, [317].
Fear, [339].
Feeble characters, [446].
Feeling, sudden transitions of, [127].
Flattery, [13], [250], [251], [323], [459], [528].
Foes and friends, [84].
Foibles, men’s, [322].
Follies, [97].
Folly’s reward, [567].
Fools, [108], [166], [181], [265], [415], [465], [541], [561], [574].
Forgiveness, [329], [344].
Fortune, [56], [173], [233], [249], [262], [276], [536], [552].
Friends, [16], [98], [174], [432], [458], [478], [496], [544], [547], [588].
Friendship, [24], [116], [309], [330], [346], [477].
Frugality, [316].

Generosity, [140].
Genius dull in society, [534].
Gifts, [80], [456], [529].
Giving, manner of, [354], [483].
God, the best friend, [79].
Gold beautifies, [422], [427].
Golden mean, [21].
Good, doing, [110], [136], [137], [145], [209].
Good for evil, [25], [311].
Good and bad men falling, [297].
Good man, [15], [288].
Good man’s intellect, [89].
Good name, [29], [289].
Goodness, [73], [153], [238].
Good son, [16].
Good wife, [16].
Good words, [457].
Good work undone, [35].
Gratitude, [317].
Great men, intercourse with, [177].
Great souls, qualities of, [78].
Greed, [447].
Grief, useless, [207], [324].
Griefs, secret, [300], [378], [394].
Grossness, [303].
Guilty men, [386].

Handicraft, [451].
Happiness, [58], [66], [70], [187], [253], [262], [311], [337], [363], [367], [406], [523].
Harsh words, [192].
Hatred, [123], [447], [549].
Health, [52].
Heart, [62], [79], [129], [132], [545].
Hearts and beauty, [179].
Heaven’s gate, [543].
Hero, [406].
Hoary head, [416].
Home, [253], [406], [523].
Humility, [150], [157].
Husband, [161], [401], [490].
Hypocrisy, [403].

Idleness, [424].
Ignorance, [103], [198], [199], [290], [301], [355], [431].
Imitativeness, [404].
Impudence, [374].
Increase, by degrees, [460].
Independence, [581].
Indiscreet men, [85].
Inherent badness, [373].
Injury rebounds, [126].
Injury unjustifiable, [407], [413].
Insignificance, man’s individual, [308].
Instruction, [580].
Irresolution, [294].

Judge things by their merit, [196].
Judgments, how formed, [259].

Kindness, [4], [5], [54], [92], [129], [305], [306], [311], [344].
Kinsmen and strangers, [91].
Knowledge, [3], [7], [43], [55], [201], [205], [218], [225], [286], [307], [355], [396], [397], [416], [454], [508], [546].

Labour, [275], [429], [453], [506].
Laughter, [47], [163], [186].
Law, [463].
Law and physic, [167].
Learning, [40], [43], [143], [342], [449], [479], [491], [504], [509].
Liars, [246].
Liberality, [93], [94], [140], [241], [449], [498].
Life, [23], [83], [125], [133], [144], [235], [287], [326], [365], [461], [502], [535], [539].
Loquacity, [182], [301], [359], [583].
Loss, greatest, [406].
Losses half felt, [216].
Love, [314].
Low-minded men, [485].

Man, an actor, [37].
Man an intellectual animal, [128].
Mankind, knowledge of, [369].
“Many cooks,” etc., [437].
Marriage, [333].
Mean, the golden, [21].
Mediocrity and excellence, [60].
Memory, [414].
Men, difficult to know, [33].
Men like ships, [409].
Mental faculties, limited, [120].
Mental offspring, [417].
Mental and bodily qualifications, [204].
Merit, innate, [433].
Merit, true and false, [242].
Merit without praise, [104].
Middling fortune, [536].
Mind, [115], [226], [229], [270], [279].
Misanthropy, [336].
Miser, [481].
Misery, [357].
Mistakes, [72].
Modesty, [159], [282], [436], [522], [548].
Money, [188], [190], [368], [573].
Mothers’ greatest joy, [566].
Morning, lesson of the, [139].

Nature praises the Creator, [512].
Neighbour, every man one’s, [442].
Neighbours and companions, [450].
Night, silence of, [266].
Noble birth, [434].
Noble-minded men, [485].
Novel-reading, [475].

Obliging others, [426].
Old age, [439], [484].
Old and new things, [196].
Old man, [65].
Opportunities, [185], [420].
Oppression, [191].
Origin, one common, [9].
Outward perfection, [499].

Parents’ affection, [154].
Parsimony, [316].
Passionate man, [74].
Passions, [1], [2], [119], [280], [447].
Past, present and future, [326].
Patience, [42], [118], [135], [185], [207], [476].
Peace, greatest, [406].
Personal troubles, [31].
Personation, [102].
Physic and law, [167].
“Physician, heal thyself,” [421].
Pity, [124].
Place, things out of, [237].
Plagiarism, [96].
Plans, miscarried, [327].
Pleasure, [337].
Pleasure and pain, [353].
Pleasure in others’ welfare, [350].
Poesy, [260].
Poetaster, [217].
Potter and clay, [377].
Popular opinion, [76].
Poverty, [44], [105], [121], [208], [245], [410], [422], [472].
Praise and censure, [88], [104], [500], [501].
Praise, how to merit, [130].
Prayer, universal, [19].
Prefaces to books, [550].
Prejudices, [551].
Premature actions, [264].
Premature death, [122].
Present affairs, [462].
Present good despised, [213].
Presents, [80], [456], [529].
Pretence, [102].
Pride, [107], [157], [159], [291], [338], [492], [497].
Pride in religious works, [318].
Profitable thing, [406].
Progress, [487].
Projects, [315], [405], [466].
Promises, broken, [28].
Prosperity, [10], [30], [56], [93], [175], [224], [350], [393], [477].
Providence, [320].
Purpose without power, [146].
Pursuits, [203].

Rabble among gentry, [358].
Rashness, [473], [559].
Reality, [546].
Reason, [14], [299], [559].
Reckless life reformed, [68].
Regrets, useless, [298], [486].
Remorse, [220].
Reprehension, [75].
Reproof, harsh, [553].
Resignation, [538].
Resolution, [12], [263].
Respect, hatred, pity, [123].
Restraint, [141].
Reticence, [18], [586].
Reviling to be borne, [587].
Riches, [148], [187], [210], [281], [400], [401], [470], [471], [536].
Ridiculous, cause of the, [292].
Righteousness, [443].
Romances, [419].

Salvation, [257].
Sea-margins of thought, [516].
Secrets, [99], [221], [288], [489], [505].
Seeming to be more than one is, [390].
Self-conceit, [112].
Self-conquest, [223].
Self-contemning, [578].
Self-control, [280].
Self-depreciation, [282].
Self-dissatisfaction, [46].
Self-judging, [524].
Self-knowledge, [152], [261].
Self-love, [142], [370].
Self-palliation, [467].
Self-praises, [412].
Self-reliance, [115].
Self-seeking men, [338].
Self-valuation, [328].
Sensuality, [423].
Serve from lowest station upwards, [335].
Shadows of the mind, [226].
Shame, [90], [256], [374].
Silence, [22], [180], [244], [254], [438], [444], [465], [474], [556].
Simpletons, bores, [579].
Simplicity, [435], [488], [568].
Sin, repeated, [170], [448].
Single are we born, etc., [589].
Slander, [69], [412], [560].
Smatterers, [384].
Society, [27], [258], [537].
Son, good, [16].
Sorrows, [6], [50], [61], [185], [381].
Sparing and spending, [511].
Speech, [180], [254], [438], [474].
Strangers and kinsmen, [91].
Stupidity, [515].
Style in writing, [284].
Subtle and dull minds, [278].
Subtle-witted men, [278].
Success, [149], [183], [578], [583].
Successes, unexpected, [53].
Suffering, [147].
Superiority, [57], [527].
Superstition, [356].
Sweep your own doorstep, [507].
Sympathy, [371].

Taciturnity, [244], [526], [583].
Talents and character, [576].
Talkativeness, [182], [301], [359], [583].
Temperance, [380].
Temptation, [106].
Things good and bad, [59].
Things long desired, [392].
Things to be guarded against, [155].
Things universally valued, [399].
Think before speaking, [474].
Thorns and roses, [331].
Thought, [114], [402], [516].
Time, [79], [113], [325], [360].
Titles of books, [283].
To-day and to-morrow, [530], [531].
Toil and pleasure, [349].
Tongue and ears, [273].
Trials, [51].
Troubles, [202].
Truth, lovers of, [246].
Truth and severity, [332].

Undertakings of the careless, [313].
Universe, lessons of the, [48].

Vacant mind, [229].
Valour, [449].
Vanity, cure of, [494].
Vaticination, [462].
Vices, [304], [340].
Vicissitudes, [584].
Virtue, [532], [589].
Vociferation, [361].
Voice, the human, [455].

Weak and strong men, [236].
Wealth, [77], [115], [148], [187], [210], [267], [400], [440], [449].
Wicked associates, [215].
Wicked, unstable, [411].
Wickedness, odious in the learned, [469].
Wife, [16], [161], [194], [200], [231], [232], [401], [406].
Wisdom, [171], [482], [584].
Wise men, [131], [227], [265], [533], [584].
Wish, father to the thought, [212].
Wishes, vain, [486].
Wishes and powers, [293].
Wit and fancy, [555].
Wit and wisdom, [362], [558].
Woman, [45], [164], [178], [230], [495], [509], [517].
Words cannot be recalled, [228].
Words, harsh, [192].
Words without deeds, [211].
World, a beautiful book, [49].
Worldly fame and pleasure, [34], [158].
Worst thing, [406].
Wretched not to be mocked, [63].
Writings, like dishes, books, like beauty, [96].

Years, early, misspent, [480].
Youth, negligence in, [81].
Youth returns not, [319].

Zeal, excessive, [586].