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Literature.

Influence of Literature--Literature and Encouragement--Consolation of Literature--Literature the Soul of Action--How to choose Books--Influence of Reading on Personal Character--Power of the Press, 201

Mental Power.

Intellectual Triumphs--How shown--What Necessary for its Attainment--Best Results obtained by training All the Faculties--Obtained by Years of Exertion, 207

Choice of Companions.

Influence of Associates--Character shown by the Company you keep--No One can afford to associate with Bad Company--Power of Bad Associates to debase you--Persons whom Society has most to fear--Why Evil Associates debase us--Influence of Good Company--Rank in Society determined by Choice of Companions, 211

Friends.

Value of Friendship--Language of Friendship a Varied One--All need Friends--Test of Friendship--Friendship a Tender Sentiment--Poverty a Test of Friendship--Death of a Friendship--Old Friends, 217

Power of Custom.

Power of Custom--Likes and Dislikes--Creatures of Custom--Habit man's Best Friend or Worst Enemy--How Habits grow--Evil Habits must be conquered--Importance of Good Habits--How to form Good Habits, 223

Influence.

Nature of Influence--Influence Immortal--Solemn Thought--Every Thing exerts Influence--Examples from Nature--Influence of Great Men--Your Influence for Good or for Evil--Influence of Human Actions--Duty of exerting a Good Influence--Responsibility for our Influence, 229

Character.

Character a Great Motive Power--Value of Good Character--Character is Power--Difference between Character and Reputation--Character of Slow Growth--Character our Own--Character always acting--Character a Grand Thing, 237

Prudence.

Value of Prudence--Difficulty of defining Prudence--The Tongue of Prudence, 244

Temperance.

Beauty of Temperance--Danger of Impulse--Temperance and Health--Temperance dwells in the Heart--Temperance consists in Self-Control--Must be Temperate to make the Most of Life, 247

Frugality.

In what Frugality consists--Frugality and Liberality--Frugality necessary to Acquisition of Wealth--The Danger of going beyond the Income--Influence of Economy on the Other Emotions, 252

Patience.

Patience the Ballast of the Soul--Necessity of Patience--Examples of Eminent Men--Patience an Element of Home Happiness, 259

Self-Control.

Self-control a Form of Courage--Importance of Mental Faculties--Government and Progress--Composure Highest Form of Power--Strong Temper not always a Bad One--Man born for Dominion, 264

Courage.

In what Courage consists--Courage not confined to the Battlefield--Occasion for Courage in Domestic Life--Courage of Endurance for Conscience's Sake, 270

Charity.

Charity like Dew from Heaven--Charity a Lovable Trait--The Spirit of Charity always doing Good--Universal Charity--Death and Charity, 275

Kindness.

Kindness the Music of Good-will--Kindness makes Sunshine--Should never feel ashamed of Kindness--Kindness not necessarily shown in Gifts--Kindness shown in Little Things--Influence of Unnoticed Kindness--Showing Kindness a Noble Revenge--Kind Words and their influence, 280

Benevolence.

Doing Good a Happy Act--No Excess of Good Deeds--Benevolence necessary to a Perfect Life--Liberality not Profuseness--Benevolence during Life, 286

Veracity.

Truth always Consistent--Falsehood Perplexing--Strict Veracity has regard to Looks and Actions--Lying a Cowardly Trait--Danger of too close Adherence to Truth due to Lack of Caution, 292

Honor.

Honor a Glorious Trait of Character--Honor shown in Little Acts--Honor and Virtue not the Same, 296

Policy.

Policy of the Nature of Cunning--Extent of this Principle--A Characteristic Trait of the Age--Policy not Prudence or Caution--Policy not Discretion--Danger of judging from Appearance, 299

Egotism.

Egotism a Disagreeable Trait--Egotism, how shown--Why We dislike Egotism in Others--Danger of Self-love--The True Line between Egotism and Self-conceit, 303

Vanity.

Vanity requires Skill in the Management--Danger of Love of Applause--Vanity attacks Every Thing--Deception of Vanity--Vanity not wholly Bad--Vanity ever present, 307

Selfishness.

Nature of Selfishness--Selfishness destructive of Happiness--Selfishness a Narrow Quality--Selfishness contracts the Mind--Selfishness shows itself in Many Ways--Last Hours of a Selfish Life, 311

Obstinacy.

Obstinacy a Trait of Low Minds--Peculiar Property of Obstinacy--Obstinacy a Barrier to Improvement--Obstinacy not Firmness--Necessity of sometimes yielding--Be not in a Hurry to change Opinion, 315

Slander.

Nature of Calumny--Slander never tired--Slander loved only by the Base--Slander can not injure a Good Man--Slander easily started--Your Own Character shown in describing Another's--Speak kindly of the Absent, 319

Irritability.

Irritability an Unpleasant Quality--The Source of Envy and Discontent--Sin of fretting--Fretting easy to indulge--Evidence of a Moral Weakness--Evidence of Littleness of Soul, 324

Envy.

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