judgment (Ecclesiastes), 59. See, also,
Justice.

Order.-Method.-System: Never neglect
the duty of the present hour to do an-
other thing (Halifax), 318; Draw your
affairs into as narrow a compass as you
can, and in method and proportion.
Divide your day, &c. (Penn), 331, 333;
Let all things have their places; each
part of business its time (Franklin), 377,
379, 384; Order is to arrangement what
soul is to body and mind to matter (Jou-
bert), 419.

Osborne, Francis. Selections from "Advice
to a Son," 294.

Ostentation of piety and good works: Do
not your righteousness before men. . .
Let not thy left hand know, &c. . .
When thou prayest enter thy inner
chamber (Jesus), 132, 133; Be a hider of
virtue as other be of vice (Rhodes), 208;
Be not the trumpet of your own charity
(Osborne), 295; Do what good thou
canst unknown (Penn), 329; The man
whose virtues are more felt than seen
(Cowper), 396.

Parental duty: Bring up a son who shall
be pleasing to God. . . . Train thy son
to be a teachable man (Ptah-hotep), 35,
39; I reckon it no small dishonesty to
myself to have an unhonest taught child
(Wyatt), 236; Bring thy children up in
learning and obedience, yet without out-
ward austerity (Burleigh), 240, 241; Eu-
phues and his Euphoebus (Lyly), 260;
Have as strict a guard upon yourself
amongst your children as amongst your
enemies (Halifax), 317; It is not how we
leave our children, but what we leave
them. . . . Love them with wisdom, cor-
rect them with affection. . . . Punish
more by their understandings than the
rod (Penn), 328, 336, 337. See, also, Edu-
cation, Marriage.
Parents, Duty towards. See Filial duty.
Parsimony. See Expenditure, Avarice.
Passion. See Anger, Self-control.
Passions Restrain thy passions (Manu),
66; It is more painful to be subservient
to passions than to tyrants.
many passions, so many despots (Pythag-
oras), 91, 92; Physic hath not more
medicines against diseases of the body
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passions of the mind (Essex-Bacon), 272;
The passions have an injustice and an in-
terest of their own (La Rochefoucauld),
310; Passion is a sort of fever... cur-
able with care (Penn), 329; The passions
may all become innocent if well directed
(Joubert), 418. See, also, Self-control.
Pastime. See Pleasure.
Patience. Constancy : The patient in
spirit is better than the proud (Ecclesi-
astes), 60; With patience bear reviling
language. Included in the tenfold
summary of duty (Manu), 65, 70; To be
long-suffering, the greatest blessing
(Buddha), 80; With patience bear the
lot to thee assigned (Pythagoras), 87;
Bear railing words with patience (Maha-
bharata), 96; Everything has two
handles, one by which it may be borne,
the other by which it cannot (Epictetus),
153; Ever keep patience (Wyclif), 197;
Without knowledge there can be no con-
stancy or patience (Essex-Bacon), 275;
Be able to wait (Gracian), 285; If you
cannot imitate Job, yet come not short
of Socrates (Browne), 302; A man who
is,master of patience is master of every-
thing (Halifax), 316; Be patient, but not
insensible.... Patience and diligence,
like faith, remove mountains. . . . Pa-
tience is an effect of a meek spirit
(Penn), 327, 328, 337; Take things always
by their smooth handle (Jefferson), 411;
Imitate time; it destroys slowly (Jou-
bert), 419. See, also, Fortitude.
Peacemaking. See Contention.
Penance Think not to hide thy guilt un-
der a cloak of penance (Manu), 66.
Penitence. Repentance: Be not ashamed
to confess thy sins. . . . Reproach not
a man that turneth from sin (Ecclesias-
ticus), 115, 119; Amendment is repent-
ance (Penn), 329; Repentance is ac-
cepted remorse (Swetchine), 437; We
have two great virtues to acquire, humil-
ity and penance (Lacordaire), 453.
Penn, William. Selections from his "Fruits
of Solitude," and from his "Advice to
his Children," 25-27, 326, 330.
Performance. See Doing.
Periander, saying of, 76.

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Persecution: Blessed they that have been
persecuted for righteousness' sake. . . .
Pray for them that persecute you (Jesus),
130, 132.

Perses, advice to, 72.

Perseverance.-Persistence: Strive to com-
plete the task commenced. . . . Seek
fortune with persistency till death
(Manu), 68; Force falls to the lot only
of the privileged few, but perseverance
can be practiced by the most insignifi-
cant (Swetchine), 438; Theories and
plans of life are fair and commendable
(Emerson), 459.

Personal adornment. See Dress.
Persuasion: Sweet persuasion wins the
easy to believe (Pythagoras), 87. See,
also, Firmness.

Petitioners: Give respectful hearing to
petitioners (Ptah-hotep), 35; The man of
sin is he confessed who spurns the sup-
pliant (Hesiod), 73.

Piety. See Religious injunctions.
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, Letters to
his nephew, 387.

Pittacus, saying of, 76.

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Pity. See Benevolence, Mercy, Cruelty.
Pleasure. Amusement. Recreation. -
Diversions: He who amuses himself all
day long keeps not his fortune (Ptah-
hotep), 38; He that loveth pleasure shall
be a poor man (Proverbs), 55; A man
hath no better thing than to eat, drink,
and be merry (Ecclesiastes), 61; Abstain
from dancing, music, singing and stage
plays (Buddhist commandments), 78; He
who lives without looking for pleasure,
Mâra will not overthrow.
Leave the
small pleasure and look to the great
(Dhammapada), 82, 84; Impossible to be
a lover of pleasure and a lover of Divin-
ity (Pythagoras), 93, 94; Guard most
carefully against pleasure, because we
are not impartial judges of it (Aristotle),
111; He that denies himself lawful plea-
sures increases the surety of resisting the
unlawful (Thomas à Kempis), 202; Look
upon pain and pleasure with an eye
equally regular (Montaigne), 251; Use
pastime as the word importeth (Lyly),
262; If thou desire time should not pass
too fast, use not too much pastime
Let recreation be manly, moderate,
seasonable, lawful (Quarles), 282, 290;
Spill not the morning in recreations;
for sleep itself is a recreation (Fuller),
307; To turn our whole life into a holi-
day destroyeth pleasure (Halifax), 320;
A mastery of passions will afford a con-
stant pleasure greater than vicious en-
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as are merely innocent, and have no-
thing else to recommend them, are be-
low reasonable creatures (Addison), 354;
The love of pleasure is sure to enslave
whoever does not resist the first allure-
ments (Chatham), 387; The happy man
o'erlooks the world. She scorns his
pleasures, for she knows them not (Cow-
per), 394; What amusements are to be
taken, and when, is the great matter.

Let your recreations be manful, not
sinful (Washington), 400, 404; Little joys
refresh us constantly like house-bread
(Richter), 426; Not pleasure, but free-
dom from pain, is what the wise man
will aim at (Schopenhauer), 442; Indulge
in lawful pleasures of mind, heart, or
senses with gratitude and moderation
(Lacordaire), 453. See, also, Happiness,
Merriment.

Pole, William de la, Duke of Suffolk. Let-
ter to his son, 200.

Politeness. See Courtesy, Manners.
Political duty: Promptly pay your taxes
(Confucius), 101; It is as hard to be a
true politician as to be truly moral
(Bacon), 265; Meddle not with govern-
ment (Penn), 335; Mitigating the fierce-
ness of party is an employment suited to
a reasonable nature (Addison), 353; Love
your neighbor as yourself, and your coun-
try more (Jefferson), 410.
Polonius to Laertes, 281.

Poor, Treatment of the. See Giving Be-
nevolence, Mercy, Oppression.
Pope, Alexander. The happy man, 145.
Popularity. See Reputation.
Poverty. See Riches.
Practice.
Praise. See Flattery, Censure.
Prayer. See Religious injunctions
Prejudice. See Sincerity.

See Habit.

no man's folly and ignorance (Rhodes),
207, 208; Contemn no poor man, mock
no simple man (Ascham), 219; Be not
haughty towards the old, the infirm, &c.

tremble lest you be as unfortunate
(Mexican precept), 222, 226; If thou
seest anything in thyself which may
make thee proud, look a little further,
&c. (Quarles), 292; Shun pride and base-
ness, tutors to contempt, of yourself and
others (Osborne), 294; A truly virtuous
man prides himself on nothing (La
Rochefoucauld), 311; One kind of pride
is as much a virtue as the other is a vice
(Halifax), 319; Have courage to speak to
a friend in a seedy coat.... To own
that you are poor
to laugh at your
personal defects.
... to wear your old
garments, &c. (Stanislaus), 357, 358;
Pride costs more than hunger, thirst, and
cold (Jefferson), 411; A great mistake:
to hold oneself too high and rate oneself
too cheap (Goethe), 414; We have two
great vices to beat down, pride and sen-
suality (Lacordaire), 453. See, also, Hu-
mility.

Privacy He lives happily that lives hid-
denly or privately. . . . It doubles man's
life (Penn), 334; The happy man. . .
doomed to an obscure but tranquil state,
is pleased with it (Cowper), 394.
Profanity: Thou shalt not take the name
of the Lord thy God in vain (Decalogue),
42; Ye shall not swear by my name
(Leviticus), 44; Buddhistic command
against, 79; Beware of cursing (Wyclif),
197; Let never oath be heard to come
out of your mouth (Sidney),"247.
Profusion. See Expenditure.
Promises: He that sweareth to his own

hurt and changeth not (Psalm), 46, 411;
Pay that which thou vowest (Ecclesi-
astes), 58; Let not bill, witness, or pos-
session be stronger in your sight than a
promise by word of mouth (Maimonides),
167; Rarely promise, constantly perform
(Penn), 328; Undertake not what you

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cannot perform, but be careful to keep
your promise (Washington), 404.
Prosperity. — Adversity. - Fortune: Be-
havior in prosperity (Ptah-hotep), 38;
In the day of prosperity be joyful, and
in the day of adversity consider: God
hath made the one side by side with the
other....
The race is not to the swift.
Remember the days of darkness
(Ecclesiastes), 61, 62; Whether fortune
comes or goes take no notice of her
(Seneca), 141; If God send adversity,
accept it patiently. If prosperity,
thank him humbly (St. Louis), 174; So
use prosperity that adversity may not
abuse thee. Seest thou good days?
prepare for evil times (Quarles), 290,
292; It requires greater virtues to sup-
port good than bad fortune (La Roche-
foucauld), 310. See, also, Fortune.
Proverbs, selections from the Book of, 5,
6, 47.
Prudence.
Forethought.
Reckless-
ness Let wary thought each enterprise
forerun.... After long consultation, en-
gage in speaking or acting (Pythagoras),
88,90; Whatsoever thou takest in hand,
remember the end. . . . Go not in a
way wherein thou mayest fall... Put
all in writing (Ecclesiasticus), 118, 124,
125; The prudent man thinks before he
acts (Thomas à Kempis), 203; Accustom
the mind to judge the proportion and
value of things. . . . Beware of being
carried to things beyond our strength.
...Do not engage too peremptorily in
anything (Bacon), 268, 269; Do not de-
spise an evil because it is small. . . .
Have no days of carelessness; destiny
loves to play tricks. . . . Look into the
inside of things. Keep always some-
thing behind in store (Gracian), 287;
Wise venturing is the most commend-
able part of prudence (Halifax), 315;
Have courage to be content with small
profits (Stanislaus), 358; Use not to-
day what to-morrow may want (Chester-
field), 363; What we plan, what we un-
dertake, should be so clearly mapped
out, &c. . . . Distinguish between what
is attainable and what is not (Goethe),
414, 415; Better debate a question with-
out settling it than settle it without de-
bate (Joubert), 419; To do what we do
carelessly is to lose time inevitably (Swet-

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chine), 438; May prudence, fortitude,
and truth, erect your brow (Burns), 423;
Prudence is at the beginning of all the
cardinal virtues (Lacordaire), 452.
Psalm, The Fifteenth, 46, 410.
Ptah-hotep, the precepts of, 1, 32.
Public opinion. See Opinion, public.
Punctuality: A necessary part of good
manners is a punctual observance of
time (Swift), 350.

Purity. See Chastity.

Purpose: The masterpiece of man is to
know how to live to purpose (Montaigne),
250; Imitate nature, which does nothing
in vain (Bacon), 269; Be busy to pur-
pose; for a busy man and a man of busi-
ness are two different things (Penn), 340;
Let every man ask himself with which of
his faculties he can somehow influence
his age (Goethe), 416; The hero is he
who is immovably centred (Emerson),

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ing art is oft an erring guide.
using reason as guide you will avoid
crimes (Pythagoras), 87, 92; Socrates
became perfect, improving himself by
everything, attending to nothing but rea-
son (Epictetus), 153; If thou findest
anything better than thy own mind's
self-satisfaction in things done according
to right reason, turn to it (Marcus Aure-
lius), 159; I will employ my life in cul-
tivating my reason and advancing in the
knowledge of truth (Descartes), 298; He

that doth not use his reason is a tame
beast; he that abuses it is a wild one
(Halifax), 316; Let memory fail so long
as you can rely on your judgment (Goe-
the), 415; Whose law is reason; who
depends upon that law (Wordsworth),

429.

Rebuke. See Reproof.
Recklessness.
Recreation. See Pleasure.

See Prudence.

Refinement: Judge refinement by the test
of conscience. . . What is base no

polish can make sterling (Cowper), 396.
See, also, Taste.

Reformation. See Self-improvement, Self-
control.

Refusing: A gilded No satisfies more than

a dry Yes (Gracian), 285.

Regret: Let the past be past forever
(Goethe), 416.

Religious injunctions: (Decalogue), 42;
(Leviticus), 44; (Proverbs), 48; (Eccle-
siastes), 58, 62, 63; (Manu), 66, 67, 70;
(Hesiod), 73; (Buddha), 80; (Pythag-
oras), 86, 91; (Ahikar), 105; (Ecclesi-
asticus), 117, 125; (Jesus), 133, 134, 135;
(Welsh Triads), 171; (St. Louis), 174;
(La Tour), 190; (Wyclif), 195; (Suffolk),
200; (Ascham), 219; (Mexican), 222;
(Wyatt), 231, 233, 236; (Burleigh), 239;
(Sidney), 245; (Raleigh), 258; (Lyly),
263; (Essex-Bacon), 275: (Wotton), 283;
(Quarles), 291; (Browne), 300; (Penn),
330, 332, 333, 336; (Fénelon), 343; (Addi-
son), 353; (Stanislaus), 358; (Edwards),
366-374; (Franklin), 382; (Chatham),
389, 390; (Jefferson), 410; (Burns), 422,
423; (Lacordaire), 453-454. See, also,
Profanity, Commandments.

monition: Better the rebuke of the wise
than the song of fools (Ecclesiastes), 60;
Take rebuke patiently (Rhodes), 207;
Take all admonitions thankfully (Wash-
ington), 403. See, also, Correction.
Reputation. Popularity: A good name
better than precious ointment (Ecclesi-
astes), 59; Get the love of the congre-
gation (Ecclesiasticus), 115; I advise thee
not to affect or neglect popularity too
much (Burleigh), 243; Popularity is a
crime from the moment it is sought.
The invisible thing called a good

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