Know Your Strongest Point (#34)
#034 – Know Your Strongest Point Know your strongest point. Your pre-eminent gift; cultivate that and you will assist the rest. Every one would have excelled in something if he …
Have the Reputation of being Gracious (#32)
#032 – Have the Reputation of Being Gracious Have the Reputation of being Gracious. ‘Tis the chief glory of the high and mighty to be gracious, a prerogative of kings …
Select the Lucky and Avoid the Unlucky (#31)
#031 – Select the Lucky and Avoid the Unlucky Select the Lucky and avoid the Unlucky. Illluck is generally the penalty of folly, and there is no disease so contagious …
A Man of Rectitude (#029)
#029 – A Man of Rectitude A Man of Rectitude clings to the sect of right with such tenacity of purpose that neither the passions of the mob nor the …
Take a Hint (#025)
#025 – Know How to Take a Hint Know how to take a Hint. ‘Twas once the art of arts to be able to discourse; now ’tis no longer sufficient. …
Imagination Under Control (#024)
#024 – Keep the Imagination Under Control Keep the Imagination under Control; sometimes correcting, sometimes assisting it. For it is all-important for our happiness and even sets the reason right. …
Be Spotless (#023)
#023 – Be Spotless Be Spotless: the indispensable condition of perfection. Few live without some weak point, either physical or moral, which they pamper because they could easily cure it. …
Knowledge to the Point (#22)
#022 – A Man of Knowledge to the Point A Man of Knowledge to the Point. Wise men arm themselves with tasteful and elegant erudition; practical knowledge of what is …
Being Lucky (#021)
#021 – The Art of Being Lucky The Art of Being Lucky. There are rules of luck: it is not all chance with the wise: it can be assisted by …
Man of the Age (#20)
#020 – A Man of the Age A Man of the Age. The rarest individuals depend on their age. It is not everyone that finds the age he deserves, and …