[ XXIX. As they that long after figs in winter when they cannot be had; so ]

[ XXX. 'As often as a father kisseth his child, he should say secretly ]

[ XXXI. 'Of the free will there is no thief or robber:' out of Epictetus; ]

[ THE TWELFTH BOOK ]

[ I. Whatsoever thou doest hereafter aspire unto, thou mayest even now ]

[ II. God beholds our minds and understandings, bare and naked from these ]

[ III. I have often wondered how it should come to pass, that every man ]

[ IV. how come it to pass that the Gods having ordered all other things ]

[ V. Use thyself even unto those things that thou doest at first despair ]

[ VI. Let these be the objects of thy ordinary meditation: to consider, ]