That the relish of good and evil depends in a great measure upon the opinion we have of them. XLI. Not to communicate a man's honour. XLII. Of the inequality amongst us. XLIII. Of sumptuary laws. XLIV. Of sleep. XLV. Of the battle of Dreux. XLVI. Of names. XLVII. Of the uncertainty of our judgment. XLVIII. Of war-horses, or destriers. XLIX. Of ancient customs. L. Of Democritus and Heraclitus. LI. Of the vanity of words. LII. Of the parsimony of the Ancients. LIII. Of a saying of Caesar. LIV. Of vain subtleties. LV. Of smells. LVI. Of prayers. LVII. Of age. BOOK THE SECOND: I. Of the inconstancy of our actions. II. Of drunkenness. III. A custom of the Isle of Cea. IV. To-morrow's a new day. V. Of conscience. VI. Use makes perfect. VII. Of recompenses of honour. VIII. Of the affection of fathers to their children. IX. Of the arms of the Parthians. X. Of books. XI. Of cruelty. XII. Apology for Raimond de Sebonde (Not included) XIII. Of judging of the death of another. XIV. That the mind hinders itself. XV. That our desires are augmented by difficulty. XVI. Of glory. XVII. Of presumption. XVIII. Of giving the lie. XIX. Of liberty of conscience. XX. That we taste nothing pure. XXI. Against idleness. XXII. Of Posting. XXIII. Of ill means employed to a good end. XXIV. Of the Roman grandeur. XXV. Not to counterfeit being sick. XXVI. Of thumbs. XXVII. Cowardice the mother of cruelty. XXVIII. All things have their season. XXIX. Of virtue. XXX. Of a monstrous child. XXXI. Of anger. XXXII. Defence of Seneca and Plutarch. XXXIII. The story of Spurina. XXXIV. Observation on the means to carry on a war according to Julius Caesar. XXXV. Of three good women. XXXVI. Of the most excellent men. XXXVII. Of the resemblance of children to their fathers. BOOK THE THIRD: I. Of Profit and Honesty. II. Of Repentance. III. Of Three Commerces. IV. Of Diversion. V. Upon Some verses of Virgil. VI. Of Coaches. VII. Of the Inconvenience of Greatness. VIII. Of the Art of Conference. IX. Of Vanity. X. Of Managing the Will. XI. Of Cripples. XII. Of Physiognomy. XIII. Of Experience. [Inserting a few words of any of these 'Pointers' into your word processor's 'Find' or 'Search' program should take you directly to its paragraph in the text. If you get one of those irritating "Not Found" messages, try another selection of words from the bookmark--on occasion I have had to abbreviated or change the quotation so that it would fit, or the text may have a 'Hard Return' in the middle of the quotation which your 'Search' program sometimes will reject. D.W.]