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 …
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 …
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 …