Society, the basis of good, 219; maxims for success in, 220; the aim of, 220; the justice of, 227. Socrates, quoted, 54, 86, 208, 263. Solitude, its uses, 204. Sophocles, quoted, 214. Sorrow, as an educator, 273, 279, 280. Sorrows of age, 76. Spencer, H., quoted, 10, 36, 202. Spinoza, quoted, 16, 17, 155. State and individual, the relations of, 48. Steele, quoted, 193, 269. Success, what it is, 116; from failure, 259. Suffering, the education of, 273. Suicide, easy, 261. Sympathy, whence to seek, 233, 236, 260. Table-talk, rules for, 141. Talleyrand, quoted, 223. Tasso, quoted, 70. Taste, the pleasures of, 133-137. Tears, their use, 251. Temperaments, the four, 71. Tennyson, quoted, 202, 277, 278. Thoreau, H., 35, 40. Time, its value, 124, 142; relation to happiness, 272. Tobacco, the pleasure of, 133. Tolerance of others, 187; of pain and sorrow, 254. Touch, the pleasures of, 131. Truth, the search for as a pleasure, 156, 165; the spirit of, 166; alone gives happiness, 214; ideal, 177; gives freedom, 199. Unhappiness, the removal of, 22, 248; as a habit, 252; in marriage, 243. Uniforms, the value of, 82. Unknown, the, 53. Urbanity, value of, 56. Variety in dress, 82; to be sought, 47; the rule of, 130. Vauvenargues, quoted, 211. Veracity a relative matter, 190. Virtue, its relation to happiness, 206, 211; and vices, relations of, 214. Waitz, Th., quoted, 28, 32. War, destructive to virtues, 215. Ward, L. F., quoted, 10. Wealth, its meaning, 119. Weather, how it affects us, 81, 88. White race, higher sensation in, 63. Whitman, Walt., quoted, 78, 140, 179, 182, 191, 194. Will, motives of the, 16; to strengthen, 255. William of Normandy, his wit, 100; his birth, 102. Woman, unfavorably placed for securing happiness, 30; education of, 33, 200; physical training of, 66; her clothing, 82, 91; intellectual pleasures of, 158; lack of justice, 33, 205; her attraction for man, 237, 240. Work, measure of its value, 117; its healthful action, 255. World, the, as our country, 90. Xavier de Maistre, 83. Youth not the happiest period of life, 34, 76; misanthropy of, 194; compared with age, 76, 80, 225. Zola, E., quoted, 109. Transcriber’s Note: Words and phrases in italics are surrounded by underscores, _like this_. Dialect, obsolete and alternative spellings were left unchanged. Obvious printing errors, such as backwards, upside down, or partially printed letters, were corrected. The following items were changed: