Truth, lovers of, 246. Truth and severity, 332. Undertakings of the careless, 313. Universe, lessons of the, 48. Vacant mind, 229. Valour, 449. Vanity, cure of, 494. Vaticination, 462. Vices, 304, 340. Vicissitudes, 584. Virtue, 532, 589. Vociferation, 361. Voice, the human, 455. Weak and strong men, 236. Wealth, 77, 115, 148, 187, 210, 267, 400, 440, 449. Wicked associates, 215. Wicked, unstable, 411. Wickedness, odious in the learned, 469. Wife, 16, 161, 194, 200, 231, 232, 401, 406. Wisdom, 171, 482, 584. Wise men, 131, 227, 265, 533, 584. Wish, father to the thought, 212. Wishes, vain, 486. Wishes and powers, 293. Wit and fancy, 555. Wit and wisdom, 362, 558. Woman, 45, 164, 178, 230, 495, 509, 517. Words cannot be recalled, 228. Words, harsh, 192. Words without deeds, 211. World, a beautiful book, 49. Worldly fame and pleasure, 34, 158. Worst thing, 406. Wretched not to be mocked, 63. Writings, like dishes, books, like beauty, 96. Years, early, misspent, 480. Youth, negligence in, 81. Youth returns not, 319. Zeal, excessive, 586. Transcriber’s Notes: Item 54: Mahhābhārata _changed to_ Mahābhārata Item 92: Mahābāhrata _changed to_ Mahābhārata Item 115: Depend not an _changed to_ Depend not on Item 306: Chandalas’ _changed to_ Chándálas’ Item 434: Goldini _changed to_ Goldoni End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Book of Wise Sayings, by W. A. Clouston