Harvard Classics, Vol. 1, Part 3
Harvard Classics, Vol. 1, Part 3
Some Fruits of Solitude
William Penn
The aphorisms of the founder of Pennsylvania published anonymously so as not to be reimprisoned for disloyalty epitomize the simple Quaker truths upon which the Republic would be based.
Contents
NEW YORK: P.F. COLLIER & SON COMPANY, 1909–14
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2001
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2001
- Introductory Note
- The Preface
- Part I: Some Fruits of Solitude in Reflections and Maxims
- Ignorance
- Education
- Pride
- Luxury
- Inconsideration
- Disappointment and Resignation
- Murmuring
- Censoriousness
- Bounds of Charity
- Frugality or Bounty
- Discipline
- Industry
- Temperance
- Apparel
- Right Marriage
- Avarice
- Friendship
- Qualities of a Friend
- Caution and Conduct
- Reparation
- Rules of Conversation
- Eloquence
- Temper
- Truth
- Justice
- Secrecy
- Complacency
- Shifts
- Interest
- Inquiry
- Right-timing
- Knowledge
- Wit
- Obedience to Parents
- Bearing
- Promising
- Fidelity
- Master
- Servant
- Jealousy
- Posterity
- A Country Life
- Art and Project
- Industry
- Temporal Happiness
- Respect
- Hazard
- Detraction
- Moderation
- Trick
- Passion
- Personal Cautions
- Ballance
- Popularity
- Privacy
- Government
- A Private Life
- A Publick Life
- Qualifications
- Capacity
- Clean Hands
- Dispatch
- Patience
- Impartiality
- Indifferency
- Neutrality
- A Party
- Ostentation
- Compleat Virtue
- Religion
- Part II: More Fruits of Solitude Being the Second Part of Reflections and Maxims
- The Introduction to the Reader
- The Right Moralist
- The World’s Able Man
- The Wise Man
- Of the Government of Thoughts
- Of Envy
- Of Man’s Life
- Of Ambition
- Of Praise or Applause
- Of Conduct in Speech
- Union of Friends
- Of Being Easy in Living
- Of Man’s Inconsiderateness and Partiality
- Of the Rule of Judging
- Of Formality
- Of the Mean Notion we Have of God
- Of the Benefit of Justice
- Of Jealousy
- Of State
- Of a Good Servant
- Of an Immediate Pursuit of the World
- Of the Interest of the Publick in our Estates
- The Vain Man
- The Conformist
- The Obligations of Great Men to Almighty God
- Of Refining upon Other Men’s Actions or Interests
- Of Charity