false, source of, 458, 13;
golden, from all, 166, 41;
how to express, 281, 38;
men's, fallible, 159, 3;
master of all, no bigot, 151, 21;
no right to have, 308, 22;
of friends, room to be left for, 528, 21;
of others, how to construe, 493, 41;
of stupid and ignorant people, 404, 40;
of things, effect on us of, 438, 50;
our, condition of satisfaction with, 521, 47;
our wrangling for, 521, 47;
predominant, 356, 5;
to be tested, 527, 29;
variety of, 446, 28;
want of fixed, 552, 17
Opium, carrying power of, 497, 12
Opportunities, little, to be improved, 251, 30;
of evil and good compared, 446, 29;
to be embraced, 441, 40;
value of, 244, 7
Opportunity, a lost, 461, 42;
but one, of a kind, 472, 8;
folly of losing, 322, 19;
how often lost, 57, 42;
importance of, 247, 31;
makes thief, 80, 13;
power of seeing and seizing, 381, 4;
temptation of, 166, 39;
tempting power of, 84, 10;
to be noted, 216, 49;
to be seized swiftly, 381, 4;
to be waited for, 12, 29
Opposition, how to face, 28, 35;
parliamentary, a necessity, 549, 19;
the virtue of, 303, 34
Oppression, unbearable, 194, 50;
under one deity, occasion for another, 379, 26
Optics, spiritual, 464, 39;
the law of, in human transactions, 188, 46
Opulence, and poverty, states of, contrasted, 173, 46;
vulgar, its insolence, 518, 8
Oracle, an ambiguous, 169, 35;
I am Sir, 165, 4
Oracles, heaven's, be preserved, 108, 4
Orator, a fully equipped, 150, 48;
all admire, 259, 9;
delivering everything for an, 109, 12;
desire of, 85, 18;
greatest gift of, 319, 28;
qualities of, 2, 52;
secret of success of, 61, 31
Orators, great, and their words, 135, 30;
no, born, 289, 42;
resource of, that want depth, 38, 12;
that always convince, 239, 13
Oratory, first and last thing in, 428, 41;
how to train for, 179, 21;
mediocre, 466, 32;
the aim of, 336, 5;
the main point in, 313, 20;
the seat of, 188, 40
Orb, the smallest, thou behold'st, 478, 25
Ordeal, that may be faced, 218, 21
Order, gain of time, 119, 14;
good, importance of, 61, 33;
man's law, 264, 16;
our limit, 567, 3;
social, without liberty, 396, 3;
the power of, 410, 42;
the teacher, 287, 22
Orders, no shame in obeying, 469, 13
Organ, inscription on, 156, 48
Organisation, closing of individual, 27, 10;
military, foundation of, 58, 28
Origin, pride of, 356, 39
Original, how to be, 461, 27;
man, and popular, contrasted, 448, 33;
the, still here, 130, 52
Originality, in authors, 444, 3;
merit of, 442, 8
Origins, the question of, insoluble, and for idle people, 243, 37
Orphaned, the truly, 298, 2
Orpheus, represented in poet, 459, 5
Others, bondage to, 385, 1;
often a burden to us, 8, 56;
trust not to, what one's self can do, 166, 42
"Ought," God in the word, 126, 42
Ounce, the last, 438, 5
Our own, before another's, 526, 30
Ourselves, to see, as others see us, 322, 24
Ourselves, to be accepted as we are, 526, 23, 24
Outer and inner, 446, 32
Outward, the, a garment of invisible within, 541, 14
Outwitted, the easily, 564, 38
Over-consideration, vanity of, 149, 48
Over-curious, the, 446, 33
Overfeeding, mortality from, 57, 19
Over-happiness no happiness, 140, 12
Overpraise, evil of, 472, 26
Ovid, on his muse, 63, 33;
on his rhymes, 36, 22;
on his works, 210, 23;
to his muse, 132, 21
Own, one's, devotion to, 166, 17;
one's, right to, 168, 18
Owner, foot of, 429, 12
Ownership, conquest, 155, 31;
exclusive, theft, 227, 20
Ox, a strange, 32, 10;
a tired, 32, 14;
an old, steady, 32, 55;
that works, not to be muzzled, 483, 47
Oyster, the first to eat an, 149, 20

P

Pactolus river, the blind and the seer at, 511, 5
Paganism, virtue of, 403, 34
Page, a, sparkling with points, 334, 24
Pain, a nether-fire, 544, 45;
and joy, relative amount of, 471, 36;
and pleasure, companions, 349, 30;
and pleasures, revolutions of, 545, 9;
as urging to labour, 95, 35;
avoidance of, the aim of wise man, 321, 36;
birth of higher natures, 23, 46;
compensation in, 328, 2;
consecrated in Christ, 524, 42;
felt, the worst, 446, 38;
flying, 524, 16;
from happiness, 2, 62;
great agent in march of world, 431, 9;
how to beguile, 435, 17;
how to eschew, 177, 34;
ill to bear, 364, 42;
man's master, 223, 24;
not imaginary, 10, 13;
not to be given, 431, 16;
one, lessened by another, 332, 18;
positive, 380, 62;
risk of shirking, 382, 10;
seductive power of, 88, 15;
shared, divided, 385, 28;
sympathetic, 242, 31;
three parts in joy, 28, 18;
which we give ourselves for others, 527, 43
Pains, forgotten after gains, 112, 29;
too much, bad, 300, 12
Painstaking, too much, a disease, 497, 43
Painter, effect of love of gain on, 439, 49;
genius necessary to, 489, 40;
his own colour-grinder, 446, 42;
what a, should paint, 93, 41;
licence conceded to, 348, 25
Painters and poets, common licence to, 351, 36
Painting, before, blackening behind, 41, 14;
does not feed men, 294, 44;
in old and in later times, 188, 35;
mediocre, 466, 32;
moral effect of, 383, 32;
that attracts by mere verisimilitude, 533, 42;
with a big brush, 566, 38
Pallas, the birth of, 301, 27
Pantaloon, lean and slippered, 438, 32
Paradise, a moment in, cheap at the price of death, 78, 36;
in, alone, 280, 6
Parasite, nothing without its, 73, 21
Pardon, never and always, 127, 29;
nothing in yourself, 178, 23;
term of, 527, 44
Pardoning, sometimes an evil, 278, 13, 15
Parent, authority of, how forfeited, 506, 20
Parents, and children, in great states and vile, 187, 19;
and children, as regards mutual support, 79, 40;
and children, how they regard each other, 41, 54;
death of, to child, 489, 22;
respect for, as a duty, 374, 43;
their joys, griefs, and fears, 437, 20
Parliament, member of, difficult to choose, 203, 44
Parnassus, the elect of, 234, 18;
the poor man's, 287, 12
Parsimony and frugality, 558, 39
Pars magna, 88, 36
Parsons, cobblers, 279, 46
Part, acting a, long, difficult, 201, 5;
inexplicable, if whole is so, 554, 33
Particles, significance of, 425, 20
Particular, in art, to represent universal, 448, 16;
the, the universal limited, 446, 46
Parties, all work together, 244, 4;
how formed, 276, 15;
the weakness of, 206, 32
Parting, an image of death, 180, 39;
ordained of God, 85, 42;
the pain of, 382, 1;
the pangs of, 555, 41
Partington, Mrs., and the Atlantic, 416, 32
Partisanship, effect of, on truth, 382, 22
Parts, men of great, 276, 5
Party, a sacrifice to, 550, 36;
animosities, effect of, 424, 40;
best service to, 145, 8;
government, evil effect of, 276, 15;
in England, habit of, 433, 4;
leader, his difficulties, 145, 17;
man, no convincing, 144, 17;
spirit, evil of, 457, 7
Passion, a disappointed, the wound of, 201, 43;
a god, 404, 51;
a malignant, 189, 57;
being without, 491, 2;
easier to inspire than faith, 203, 14;
employment of, apart from reason, 144, 47;
extreme, folly of, 314, 16;
fit of, an exposure, 145, 14;
function of, 329, 43;
in the soul, 562, 20;
infinite, everywhere, 334, 54;
latent in every heart, 186, 35;
long-cherished, 67, 26;
moral power of, 226, 35;
never decides aright, 297, 22;
no, can be hid, 93, 42;
not to be bought, 32, 21;
ruling, the power of a, 542, 2;
susceptibility to, 545, 37;
the power of, 559, 39, 40;
unsteadiness of, 341, 51;
versus reason, 20, 20;
volatile, 65, 20
Passionless, man, as regards evil, 143, 28
Passions, and feelings, contrasted with reason, 369, 23, 31;
as orators, 239, 13;
contrasted with conscience, 224, 32;
effect of absence on, 2, 11;
exaggerations, 10, 15; 65, 19;
general and particular, 439, 48;
gentle, fruits of, 121, 28;
great, incurable diseases, 136, 47;
hard to conceal, 363, 1;
how to treat our, 461, 25;
like rivers in their course, 249, 51;
man great by his, 263, 43; man without, worthlessness of, 92, 36;
man's, saddening, 264, 1;
our, abuse of our, 529, 31;
our, in frenzy and under reason, 338, 43;
our, like convulsion fits, 338, 44;
our, masters rather servants, 276, 34;
our, the true phœnixes, 338, 45; 556, 3;
power of the, 38, 37;
private and public, 239, 12;
Rousseau on his, 39, 2;
sayings about, 446, 47-51; 447, 1;
strong, life of manly virtues, 404, 7;
subduing, a work, 207, 8;
their duration, 225, 12;
their use and nobleness, 306, 31;
transmuted by music, 287, 1;
violent, how formed, 514, 35;
voice of the body, 46, 39;
why implanted, 291, 15;
winds of the vessel, 239, 15;
without, without principle and motive, 150, 40.
See Les passions.
Past, a form of present, 519, 5;
and future, our relation to, 521, 8;
cold dead hand of, curative of egotism, 475, 29;
court of the, 422, 5;
events, to be ignorant of, 295, 41;
great spirits of, 431, 39;
grief over, natural, 274, 28;
how to appropriate, 454, 8;
how to treat, 501, 15;
key to future, 404, 22;
lamenting, vain, 494, 2;
no concern to us, 180, 9;
no erasing the, 294, 40;
not to be lamented, 103, 47;
not to be undone, 23, 11;
not wasted if we rise on its ruins, 311, 46;
our yearning after, 15, 37;
present, and future, compared, 429, 37;
present, and future, how to regard, 252, 58;
the barbaric, study of, 264, 1;
the hours of the, 302, 22;
the, sayings about, 447, 2-7;
the soul of, in books, 185, 15;
unalterable, 312, 33
Pastime, the dearest, 65, 8
Pastor, profession of, 107, 11
Pastors, ungracious, conduct of, 71, 25
Pastures, good, 130, 3
Patch rather than a hole, 28, 27
Paternity in law, 87, 23
Pates, lean, fat paunches make, 102, 45
Path, a best, for every man, 471, 13;
the beaten, safe, 513, 43, 44;
the best, through life, 417, 53;
the direct, 61, 33;
sure and honest heart, all, 215, 28
Pathetic, the, its elements, 447, 14
Pathway, a, to be made where none visible, 548, 18
Patience, a lesson in, 75, 12;
a prayer, 432, 35;
abused, 343, 20;
against fortune, 484, 33;
an alleviator, 74, 34;
and faith, 449, 24;
and its fruit, 226, 37;
and perseverance, power of, 180, 25;
as a passion, 82, 24;
as a remedy, 15, 32;
as an antidote, 226, 39;
attained no small feat, 124, 3;
being out of, 553, 24;
better than learning, 119, 19;
commended, 558, 40; 566, 34;
cowardice in noble hearts, 414, 36;
defined, 226, 38;
exhortation to, 509, 21;
in man and wife, 314, 14;
in seeking the Lord, 394, 5;
like, on a monument, 389, 12;
more than brains, 77, 32;
nobler than beauty, 82, 23;
Kepler's, of faith, 174, 8;
oil of the lamp, 266, 23;
power of, 175, 37; 179, 38; 237, 23; 295, 48; 338, 47; 342, 55; 464, 32;
prayed for, 217, 22;
preached by all, 9, 63;
rampart of courage, 112, 53;
sort thy heart to, 400, 17;
versus haste, 54, 21;
want of, 162, 15;
want of, want of philosophy, 554, 34;
when outraged often, 117, 47;
worth the pains, 146, 20
Patient man, fury of, 29, 72
Patriot, glory of, 205, 35;
the, who saves his country, 478, 14
Patriotism, as an affection, 36, 19;
unfelt at Marathon, 413, 44;
its substitutes under despotism, 506, 21;
power of, in the heart, 315, 33
Patriots, great, excellent as men, 133, 41
Patron, Johnson's description of, 16, 22
Patronage, begging, 162, 23;
two kinds of, 505, 28
Paul and David, our opinions of, 523, 17
Paunch, a fat, without fine sense, 348, 44
Pay, a true man's, 306, 33
Pay-day, its recurrence, 569, 10
Peace, a certain, safer than an expected victory, 272, 42;
and anger, contrasted, 35, 6;
and concord, the price of, 483, 39;
and joy from content and love, 249, 19;
and plenty, the brood of, 349, 50;
and war, effects of, compared, 518, 42, 46;
beautiful, 382, 13;
becoming in men, 35, 6;
dependence of, on neighbours, 289, 6;
few qualified for, 484, 25;
first duty of citizen, 378, 24;
how alone attainable, 306, 34;
how to live in, 324, 9;
how to preserve, 490, 35;
how to secure, 240, 51; 390, 41;
in heaven and on earth, 344, 47;
life in, 149, 4;
man in, 188, 52, 53;
no, apart from ideal, 26, 58;
no, perfect, 202, 5;
no, without arms, 295, 34;
only ground of, 314, 1;
our love for, 525, 33;
sacrifices for, 467, 11;
secret of, 537, 16;
the foes of, 329, 35;
tranquil, a wish, 272, 34
Peaceful, the, peace-making, 106, 53
Peacemakers, the, 447, 16
Peaks, loftiest, in clouds, 550, 35
Pearls, give not, to swine, 123, 21;
in the deep, 185, 51;
tears, 346, 28;