Arouse No Exaggerated Expectations (#019)
#019 – Arouse No Exaggerated Expectations Arouse no exaggerated expectations on entering. It is the usual ill luck of all celebrities not to fulfil afterwards the expectations beforehand formed of …
Application and Ability (#018)
#018 – Application and Ability Application and ability. There is no attaining eminence without both, and where they unite there is the greatest eminence. Mediocrity obtains more with application than …
Vary the Mode of Action (#017)
#017 – Vary the Mode of Action Vary the Mode of Action; not always the same way, so as to distract attention, especially if there be a rival. Not always …
Keep Ministering Spirits (#015)
#015 – Keep Ministering Spirits The It is a privilege of the mighty to surround themselves with the champions of intellect; these extricate them from every fear of ignorance, these …
Fortune and Fame (#010)
#010 – Fortune & Fame Where the one is fickle the other is enduring. The first for life, the second afterwards; the one against envy, the other against oblivion. Fortune …
Avoid the Faults of Your Nation (#009)
#009 – Avoid the Faults of Your Nation Water shares the good or bad qualities of the strata through which it flows, and man those of the climate in which …
To Be Without Passion (#008)
#008 – To be Without Passions ‘Tis a privilege of the highest order of mind. Their very eminence redeems them from being affected by transient and low impulses. There is …
Man at His Highest Point (#006)
#006 – A Man at His Highest Point We are not born perfect: every day we develop in our personality and in our calling till we reach the highest point …
Make Them Depend (#005)
#005 – Make Them Depend Create a feeling of dependence. Not he that adorns but he that adores makes a divinity. The wise man would rather see men needing him …
Matters in Suspense (#003)
#003 – Matters in Suspense Keep matters for a time in suspense. Admiration at their novelty heightens the value of your achievements, It is both useless and insipid to play …