By Arthur Schopenhauer Translated By T. Bailey Saunders
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I. GENERAL RULES.
SECTION 1.
SECTION 2. To estimate a man's condition in regard to happiness, it is
SECTION 3. Care should be taken not to build the happiness of life
CHAPTER II. OUR RELATION TO OURSELVES.
SECTION 4.
SECTION 5. Another important element in the wise conduct of life is to
SECTION 6. Limitations always make for happiness . We are happy in
SECTION 7. Whether we are in a pleasant or a painful state depends,
SECTION 8. To live a life that shall be entirely prudent and discreet,
SECTION 9. To be self-sufficient, to be all in all to oneself, to
SECTION 10. Envy is natural to man; and still, it is at once a vice
SECTION 11. Give mature and repeated consideration to any plan before
SECTION 12.
SECTION 13. In all matters affecting our weal or woe, we should be
SECTION 14. The sight of things which do not belong to us is very apt
SECTION 15. The things which engage our attention whether they are
SECTION 16. We must set limits to our wishes, curb our desires,
SECTION 17. Life consists in movement, says Aristotle; and he is
SECTION 18. A man should avoid being led on by the phantoms of his
SECTION 19. The preceding rule may be taken as a special case of the
SECTION 20. In the first part of this work I have insisted upon the
CHAPTER III. OUR RELATION TO OTHERS.
SECTION 22. It is astonishing how easily and how quickly similarity,
SECTION 23. No man can see over his own height. Let me explain what
SECTION 24. I feel respect for the man and he is one in a
SECTION 25. La Rochefoucauld makes the striking remark that it is
SECTION 26. Most men are so thoroughly subjective that nothing really
SECTION 27. When any wrong statement is made, whether in public or
SECTION 28. Men are like children, in that, if you spoil them, they
SECTION 29. It is often the case that people of noble character and
SECTION 30. No man is so formed that he can be left entirely to
SECTION 31. A man bears the weight of his own body without knowing it,
SECTION 32. When he is young, a man of noble character fancies that
SECTION 33. As paper-money circulates in the world instead of real
SECTION 34. A man must be still a greenhorn in the ways of the
SECTION 35. Our trust in other people often consists in great measure
SECTION 36. Politeness , which the Chinese hold to be a cardinal
SECTION 37. You ought never to take any man as a model for what you
SECTION 38. Never combat any man's opinion; for though you reached the
SECTION 39. If you want your judgment to be accepted, express it
SECTION 40. Even when you are fully justified in praising yourself,
SECTION 41. If you have reason to suspect that a person is telling you
SECTION 42. You should regard all your private affairs as secrets,
SECTION 43. Money is never spent to so much advantage as when you have
SECTION 44. If possible, no animosity should be felt for anyone. But
SECTION 45. To speak angrily to a person, to show your hatred by
SECTION 46. To speak without emphasizing your words parler sans
CHAPTER IV. WORLDLY FORTUNE.
SECTION 48. An ancient writer says, very truly, that there are three
SECTION 49. That Time works great changes, and that all things are
SECTION 50. In the daily affairs of life, you will have very many
SECTION 51. Whatever fate befalls you, do not give way to great
SECTION 52. What people commonly call Fate is, as a general rule,
SECTION 53. Courage comes next to prudence as a quality of mind very
CHAPTER V. THE AGES OF LIFE.
