Afflictions, "Be still, sad heart," etc., 39
For every sort of, 40
Sons of, brothers, 41

Affronts, Young men soon give, 42

Age, A joy, if youth well spent, 43
Approaching, signs of, 44
Matter of feeling, not of years, 45
Of men and women, what, 46
Old, be happy in, 47
Old, and faded flowers, 48
Reverence for, 49
Should make one indulgent, etc., 50
Slave to custom, 51
Speak gently to aged, 52
Thinks the past the best, 53
These are the effects, 54

Alcides, No equal but himself, 55

Alms, Rich often slowest to give, 56
Side means used to raise, 57

Alone, What stamps the wrinkles deepest, 58

Alphabet, Hawaiian in 1886, 59

Ambition, Man of, has many masters, 60

Amiability, Easy, when, 61

Ambition, Sea of, tempest-tost is, 62
Ultimate result of all, 63

Amusements, The mind ought, 64

Ancestor, Merit of, effect of, on descendant, 65

Ancestors, Not always well to look them up, 66
Merit from, 67

Ancestry, Boasting of, lowers, etc., 68
Never mind, etc., 69

Anger, A good man's, lasts an, 70
Avoid a man in a passion, 71
Begins in folly, ends in repentance, 72
Effect of subduing, 73
Fatal to dignity, 74
Nurse not secretly, 75
Shows weak judgment, 76
Suppressed, prevents sorrow, 77
Unjust and ridiculous when, 78
When a man grows angry, 79

Animals, Agreeable friends, why, 80
Treat kindly, as God's creatures, 81
Kindness to, 82

Answer, A gracious, 83

Anxiety, The poison of human life, 84

Appearance, Beware of judging by, 85
Dress does not change the man, 86
Man's reception depends on, 87

Appearances, Often misleading, instance of, 88

Appetite, Riches cannot buy, 89

Applause, To love it, praiseworthy, 90

Apples, Good medicine, 91

Appointments, May be given, but, etc., 92

Approbation, If general, 93

Arbitration, Makes an enemy, or a friend, 94

Argument, Contend not with a fool, etc., 95

Assistance, Asking and bestowing, 96

Associates, Live not too near to, 97

Association, Produces like characters, 98

Audience, Interesting or fatiguing, it, 99

Beautiful, The, never desolate, 100

Beauty, Of face, and mind compared, 101
Of youth, age, etc., 102
Selfish, a flower without perfume, 103
What is? 104
What may be preserved, 105
Without kindness, 106