I. ON EDUCATION 2
II. ON LOVE TO ONE'S OFFSPRING 21
III. ON LOVE 29
IV. CONJUGAL PRECEPTS 70
V. CONSOLATORY LETTER TO HIS WIFE 85
VI. THAT VIRTUE MAY BE TAUGHT 92
VII. ON VIRTUE AND VICE 95
VIII. ON MORAL VIRTUE 98
IX. HOW ONE MAY BE AWARE OF ONE'S PROGRESS IN VIRTUE 118
X. WHETHER VICE IS SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE UNHAPPINESS 138
XI. WHETHER THE DISORDERS OF MIND OR BODY ARE WORSE 142
XII. ON ABUNDANCE OF FRIENDS 145
XIII. HOW ONE MAY DISCERN A FLATTERER FROM A FRIEND 153
XIV. HOW A MAN MAY BE BENEFITED BY HIS ENEMIES 201
XV. ON TALKATIVENESS 214
XVI. ON CURIOSITY 238
XVII. ON SHYNESS 252
XVIII. ON RESTRAINING ANGER 267
XIX. ON CONTENTEDNESS OF MIND 289
XX. ON ENVY AND HATRED 312
XXI. HOW ONE CAN PRAISE ONESELF WITHOUT EXCITING ENVY 315
XXII. ON THOSE WHO ARE PUNISHED BY THE DEITY LATE 331
XXIII. AGAINST BORROWING MONEY 365
XXIV. WHETHER "LIVE UNKNOWN" BE A WISE PRECEPT 373
XXV. ON EXILE 378
XXVI. ON FORTUNE 394