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| Acknowledgements | xvii | ||
| Abbreviations | xix | ||
| Chronology | xx | ||
| Introduction | xxv | ||
| Further Reading | xlvii | ||
| Translator's Note | xlix | ||
| 1 All things are now at their peak, above all being a true individual | 3 | (1) | |
| 2 Inclination and ingenuity | 3 | (1) | |
| 3 In your affairs, create suspense | 3 | (1) | |
| 4 Knowledge and courage contribute in turn to greatness | 3 | (1) | |
| 5 Make people depend on you | 4 | (1) | |
| 6 The height of perfection | 4 | (1) | |
| 7 Avoid outdoing your superior | 4 | (1) | |
| 8 Imperturbability, the spirit's most sublime quality | 5 | (1) | |
| 9 Belie your national defects | 5 | (1) | |
| 10 Fortune and fame | 5 | (1) | |
| 11 Deal with people from whom you can learn | 6 | (1) | |
| 12 Nature and art, material and craft | 6 | (1) | |
| 13 Declared and undeclared intentions | 6 | (1) | |
| 14 Reality and manner | 7 | (1) | |
| 15 Have intelligent support | 7 | (1) | |
| 16 Knowledge and good intention | 8 | (1) | |
| 17 Vary your procedure | 8 | (1) | |
| 18 Application and capability | 8 | (1) | |
| 19 Don't arouse excessive expectations from the start | 9 | (1) | |
| 20 A person born in the right century | 9 | (1) | |
| 21 The art of being lucky | 10 | (1) | |
| 22 A person with wide-ranging knowledge | 10 | (1) | |
| 23 Have no blemish | 10 | (1) | |
| 24 Temper your imagination | 10 | (1) | |
| 25 A word to the wise is enough | 11 | (1) | |
| 26 Find everyone's weak spot | 11 | (1) | |
| 27 Value intensiveness more than extensiveness | 12 | (1) | |
| 28 Vulgar in nothing | 12 | (1) | |
| 29 A person of integrity | 12 | (1) | |
| 30 Don't make a profession out of discredited occupations | 13 | (1) | |
| 31 Know the fortunate, to befriend them, and the unfortunate, to shun them | 13 | (1) | |
| 32 Be known for pleasing people | 13 | (1) | |
| 33 Know how to leave things to one side | 14 | (1) | |
| 34 Know your key quality | 14 | (1) | |
| 35 Think things through | 14 | (1) | |
| 36 Size up fortune | 15 | (1) | |
| 37 Recognize and know how to use insinuations | 15 | (1) | |
| 38 Quit whilst fortune is smiling | 16 | (1) | |
| 39 Recognize things at their peak, at their best, and know how to take advantage of them | 16 | (1) | |
| 40 Be in people's good graces | 16 | (1) | |
| 41 Never exaggerate | 17 | (1) | |
| 42 Natural command | 17 | (1) | |
| 43 Think with the few and speak with the many | 17 | (1) | |
| 44 Affinity with great men | 18 | (1) | |
| 45 Caution — use it, but don't abuse it | 18 | (1) | |
| 46 Conquer your aversions | 18 | (1) | |
| 47 Avoid getting embroiled | 19 | (1) | |
| 48 Real depths make a true person | 19 | (1) | |
| 49 A judicious and observant person | 20 | (1) | |
| 50 Never lose your self-respect | 20 | (1) | |
| 51 Choose well | 20 | (1) | |
| 52 Never lose your composure | 20 | (1) | |
| 53 Diligent and intelligent | 20 | (1) | |
| 54 Show your mettle, but wisely | 21 | (1) | |
| 55 Bide your time | 21 | (1) | |
| 56 Quick and impulsive actions | 22 | (1) | |
| 57 Those who think things through are more secure | 22 | (1) | |
| 58 Know how to adapt yourself | 22 | (1) | |
| 59 Leave a good impression | 23 | (1) | |
| 60 Good judgment | 23 | (1) | |
| 61 Eminence in what's best | 23 | (1) | |
| 62 Work with good tools | 24 | (1) | |
| 63 The excellence of being first | 24 | (1) | |
| 64 Know how to avoid giving yourself grief | 24 | (1) | |
| 65 Outstanding good taste | 25 | (1) | |
| 66 Make sure of a successful outcome | 25 | (1) | |
| 67 Choose occupations that win praise | 26 | (1) | |
| 68 Make others understand | 26 | (1) | |
| 69 Don't give in to vulgar humours | 27 | (1) | |
| 70 Know how to refuse | 27 | (1) | |
| 71 Don't be uneven, or inconsistent in your actions | 27 | (1) | |
| 72 A resolute person | 28 | (1) | |
| 73 Know how to be evasive | 28 | (1) | |
| 74 Don't be impossible to deal with | 28 | (1) | |
| 75 Choose a heroic model | 29 | (1) | |
| 76 Don't always be joking | 29 | (1) | |
| 77 Know how to be all things to all people | 29 | (1) | |
| 78 Skill in embarking on something | 30 | (1) | |
| 79 A genial temperament | 30 | (1) | |
| 80 Take care when gathering information | 30 | (1) | |
| 81 Dazzle anew | 31 | (1) | |
| 82 Take neither the good nor the bad to extremes | 31 | (1) | |
| 83 Allow yourself some minor slip | 31 | (1) | |
| 84 Know how to use your enemies | 32 | (1) | |
| 85 Don't be the wild card | 32 | (1) | |
| 86 Forestall malicious gossip | 32 | (1) | |
| 87 Culture and refinement | 33 | (1) | |
| 88 Let your manner be lofty | 33 | (1) | |
| 89 Understand yourself | 34 | (1) | |
| 90 The art of living long: live well | 34 | (1) | |
| 91 Only act if prudence has no doubts | 34 | (1) | |
| 92 Exceptional sense | 35 | (1) | |
| 93 A universal person | 35 | (1) | |
| 94 Unfathomable abilities | 35 | (1) | |
| 95 Know how to maintain expectation | 36 | (1) | |
| 96 On moral sense | 36 | (1) | |
| 97 Make and keep your reputation | 36 | (1) | |
| 98 Conceal your wishes | 36 | (1) | |
| 99 Reality and appearance | 37 | (1) | |
| 100 A man free from illusion | 37 | (1) | |
| 101 Half the world is laughing at the other half, and all are fools | 37 | (1) | |
| 102 A stomach for great mouthfuls of good fortune | 38 | (1) | |
| 103 Each with the dignity proper to their status | 38 | (1) | |
| 104 Understand what different jobs entail | 38 | (1) | |
| 105 Don't be tedious | 39 | (1) | |
| 106 Don't vaunt your good fortune | 39 | (1) | |
| 107 Don't appear self-satisfied | 40 | (1) | |
| 108 A short cut to being a true person | 40 | (1) | |
| 109 Don't be condemnatory | 40 | (1) | |
| 110 Don't hang around to be a setting sun | 41 | (1) | |
| 111 Have friends | 41 | (1) | |
| 112 Win affection | 42 | (1) | |
| 113 In good fortune prepare for bad | 42 | (1) | |
| 114 Never compete | 42 | (1) | |
| 115 Get used to the bad temperaments of those you deal with | 43 | (1) | |
| 116 Always deal with upstanding people | 43 | (1) | |
| 117 Never talk about yourself | 43 | (1) | |
| 118 Gain a reputation for courtesy | 44 | (1) | |
| 119 Don't make yourself disliked | 44 | (1) | |
| 120 Live according to common practice | 44 | (1) | |
| 121 Don't make a great deal over nothing | 45 | (1) | |
| 122 Mastery in words and deeds | 45 | (1) | |
| 123 A person without affectation | 46 | (1) | |
| 124 Be desired | 46 | (1) | |
| 125 Don't keep a tally of ignominious actions | 47 | (1) | |
| 126 The fool is not someone who does something foolish, but someone who, once this is done, doesn't know how to hide it | 47 | (1) | |
| 127 Nonchalant grace in everything | 47 | (1) | |
| 128 A sublime spirit | 48 | (1) | |
| 129 Never complain | 48 | (1) | |
| 130 Do, and appear to do | 48 | (1) | |
| 131 A gallant nature | 49 | (1) | |
| 132 Reconsider things | 49 | (1) | |
| 133 Better mad with the crowd than sane all alone | 49 | (1) | |
| 134 Have double of life's necessities | 50 | (1) | |
| 135 Don't be given to contradiction | 50 | (1) | |
| 136 Fully understand matters | 51 | (1) | |
| 137 The wise person should be self-sufficient | 51 | (1) | |
| 138 The art of leaving things alone | 51 | (1) | |
| 139 Know your unlucky days | 52 | (1) | |
| 140 Immediately find the good in everything | 52 | (1) | |
| 141 Don't enjoy the sound of your own voice | 53 | (1) | |
| 142 Don't support the worse side out of stubbornness | 53 | (1) | |
| 143 Don't go against existing belief to avoid seeming vulgar | 54 | (1) | |
| 144 Go in supporting the other person's interests so as to come out achieving your own | 54 | (1) | |
| 145 Don't expose your sore finger | 55 | (1) | |
| 146 Look beneath the surface | 55 | (1) | |
| 147 Don't be inaccessible | 55 | (1) | |
| 148 Possess the art of conversation | 56 | (1) | |
| 149 Know how to deflect trouble on to someone else | 56 | (1) | |
| 150 Know how to sell your wares | 57 | (1) | |
| 151 Think ahead | 57 | (1) | |
| 152 Never be associated with someone who can cast you in a poor light | 57 | (1) | |
| 153 Avoid stepping into great men's shoes | 58 | (1) | |
| 154 Don't be too quick to believe or to bestow affection | 58 | (1) | |
| 155 Skill in controlling your passions | 59 | (1) | |
| 156 Choose your friends | 59 | (1) | |
| 157 Don't be mistaken about people | 60 | (1) | |
| 158 Know how to use your friends | 60 | (1) | |
| 159 Know how to suffer fools | 60 | (1) | |
| 160 Talk circumspectly | 61 | (1) | |
| 161 Know your pet failings | 61 | (1) | |
| 162 Know how to triumph over envy and malevolence | 61 | (1) | |
| 163 Never let compassion for the unfortunate earn you the disfavour of the fortunate | 62 | (1) | |
| 164 Test the waters | 62 | (1) | |
| 165 Fight a clean fight | 63 | (1) | |
| 166 Differentiate between a sayer and a doer | 63 | (1) | |
| 167 Know how to help yourself | 63 | (1) | |
| 168 Don't become a monster of stupidity | 64 | (1) | |
| 169 Take more care not to fail once than to succeed a hundred times | 64 | (1) | |
| 170 Always have something in reserve | 64 | (1) | |
| 171 Don't waste favours | 65 | (1) | |
| 172 Don't engage with someone with nothing to lose | 65 | (1) | |
| 173 Don't be brittle as glass in dealing with people | 65 | (1) | |
| 174 Don't live in a hurry | 66 | (1) | |
| 175 A person of substance | 66 | (1) | |
| 176 Either know, or listen to someone who does | 67 | (1) | |
| 177 Avoid familiarity when dealing with people | 67 | (1) | |
| 178 Believe your heart | 68 | (1) | |
| 179 Reticence is the stamp of true ability | 68 | (1) | |
| 180 Never be ruled by what you think your enemy should do | 68 | (1) | |
| 181 Without lying, don't reveal every truth | 69 | (1) | |
| 182 A dash of boldness in everything is an important element of good sense | 69 | (1) | |
| 183 Don't hold opinions doggedly | 69 | (1) | |
| 184 Don't stand on ceremony | 70 | (1) | |
| 185 Don't stake your reputation on a single throw | 70 | (1) | |
| 186 Recognize faults | 70 | (1) | |
| 187 Anything popular, do yourself anything unpopular, use others to do it | 71 | (1) | |
| 188 Be ready to praise | 71 | (1) | |
| 189 Take advantage of what a person lacks | 72 | (1) | |
| 19o Find the consolation in everything | 72 | (1) | |
| 191 Don't be pleased with excessive courtesy | 72 | (1) | |
| 192 A truly peaceable person is a person with a long life | 73 | (1) | |
| 193 Beware the person who goes in supporting someone else's interests so as to come out achieving their own | 73 | (1) | |
| 194 Have a realistic idea of yourself and your affairs | 73 | (1) | |
| 195 Know how to appreciate | 74 | (1) | |
| 196 Know your lucky star | 74 | (1) | |
| 197 Never be hindered by fools | 75 | (1) | |
| 198 Know how to transplant yourself | 75 | (1) | |
| 199 Know how to garner esteem — wisely, not pushily | 75 | (1) | |
| 200 Have something still to desire | 76 | (1) | |
| 201 All those who appear fools are, along with half of those who don't | 76 | (1) | |
| 202 Words and deeds make a perfect man | 76 | (1) | |
| 203 Know the great people of your time | 77 | (1) | |
| 204 Undertake what's easy as if it were hard, and what's hard as if it were easy | 77 | (1) | |
| 205 Know how to use scorn | 77 | (1) | |
| 206 Realize that the vulgar are everywhere | 78 | (1) | |
| 207 Practise self-restraint | 78 | (1) | |
| 208 Don't suffer from a fool's sickness | 79 | (1) | |
| 209 Free yourself from common stupidity | 79 | (1) | |
| 210 Know how to use the truth | 79 | (1) | |
| 211 In heaven, everything is good; in hell, everything bad | 80 | (1) | |
| 212 Always keep to yourself the ultimate tricks of your trade | 80 | (1) | |
| 213 Know how to contradict | 80 | (1) | |
| 214 Don't turn one stupid mistake into two | 81 | (1) | |
| 215 Beware the person with hidden intentions | 81 | (1) | |
| 216 Speak clearly | 82 | (1) | |
| 217 Neither love nor hate forever | 82 | (1) | |
| 218 Don't act obstinately, but with care | 82 | (1) | |
| 219 Don't be known for artifice | 83 | (1) | |
| 220 When you can't wear a lion's skin, wear a fox's | 83 | (1) | |
| 221 Don't be annoyingly impetuous | 83 | (1) | |
| 222 A person who is cautious is clearly prudent | 84 | (1) | |
| 223 Don't be very idiosyncratic | 84 | (1) | |
| 224 Know how to take things | 84 | (1) | |
| 225 Know your sovereign fault | 85 | (1) | |
| 226 Be careful to oblige | 85 | (1) | |
| 227 Don't believe your first impression | 85 | (1) | |
| 228 Don't be a scandalmonger | 86 | (1) | |
| 229 Know how to divide up your life wisely | 86 | (1) | |
| 230 Open your eyes in time | 87 | (1) | |
| 231 Never let something be seen half done | 87 | (1) | |
| 232 Be a little practical | 87 | (1) | |
| 233 Don't get other people's taste wrong | 88 | (1) | |
| 234 Don't entrust your reputation to another without having their honour as security | 88 | (1) | |
| 235 Know how to ask | 89 | (1) | |
| 236 Grant something as a favour before it has to be given as a reward | 89 | (1) | |
| 237 Never share secrets with superiors | 89 | (1) | |
| 238 Know what you lack | 90 | (1) | |
| 239 Don't be too sharp | 90 | (1) | |
| 240 Know how to appear the fool | 90 | (1) | |
| 241 Take a joke, but don't make someone the butt of one | 91 | (1) | |
| 242 Carry things through | 91 | (1) | |
| 243 Don't be completely dove-like | 92 | (1) | |
| 244 Know how to put someone under an obligation | 92 | (1) | |
| 245 Sometimes reason in a singular and out-of-the-ordinary way | 93 | (1) | |
| 246 Don't offer an apology to someone who hasn't asked for one | 93 | (1) | |
| 247 Know a little more and live a little less | 93 | (1) | |
| 248 Don't be carried away by the last person you meet | 93 | (1) | |
| 249 Don't start to live just when life has to end | 94 | (1) | |
| 250 When should you reason in reverse? | 94 | (1) | |
| 251 Human means must be sought as if there were no divine ones, and divine ones as if there were no human ones | 94 | (1) | |
| 252 Neither entirely selfish, nor entirely altruistic | 95 | (1) | |
| 253 Don't express an idea too plainly | 95 | (1) | |
| 254 Don't dismiss something bad because it's minor | 96 | (1) | |
| 255 Know how to do good | 96 | (1) | |
| 256 Always be forearmed | 96 | (1) | |
| 257 Never break off relations | 97 | (1) | |
| 258 Look for someone to help you shoulder misfortunes | 97 | (1) | |
| 259 Anticipate offences and turn them into favours | 97 | (1) | |
| 260 You will never belong entirely to someone else nor they to you | 98 | (1) | |
| 261 Don't persist in folly | 98 | (1) | |
| 262 Know how to forget | 98 | (1) | |
| 263 Many pleasurable things don't have to belong to you | 99 | (1) | |
| 264 Don't have careless days | 99 | (1) | |
| 265 Know how to really challenge your subordinates | 99 | (1) | |
| 266 Don't be bad by being totally good | 100 | (1) | |
| 267 Silken words, and a mild nature | 100 | (1) | |
| 268 The sensible person does at the beginning what the fool does in the end | 100 | (1) | |
| 269 Take advantage of your novelty | 101 | (1) | |
| 270 Don't be the only person to condemn what pleases many | 101 | (1) | |
| 271 Someone who knows little should keep to what's safest in any profession | 101 | (1) | |
| 272 When selling, let your price be that there is no price | 102 | (1) | |
| 273 Understand the temperaments of those you deal with | 102 | (1) | |
| 274 Have appeal | 103 | (1) | |
| 275 Go with the flow, but not beyond decency | 103 | (1) | |
| 276 Know how to renew your character using nature and art | 103 | (1) | |
| 277 Show yourself off | 104 | (1) | |
| 278 Avoid being noted | 104 | (1) | |
| 279 Don't respond to contradiction | 105 | (1) | |
| 280 An honourable person | 105 | (1) | |
| 281 The approval of knowledgeable people | 105 | (1) | |
| 282 Use absence | 106 | (1) | |
| 283 Be sensibly inventive | 106 | (1) | |
| 284 Don't meddle | 106 | (1) | |
| 285 Don't perish from someone else's misfortune | 107 | (1) | |
| 286 Don't allow yourself to be under an obligation, either wholly or to everyone | 107 | (1) | |
| 287 Never act when passions are inflamed | 107 | (1) | |
| 288 Live as circumstances demand | 108 | (1) | |
| 289 The greatest stigma for a person | 108 | (1) | |
| 290 To combine esteem and affection is a real blessing | 108 | (1) | |
| 291 Know how to appraise | 109 | (1) | |
| 292 Let your natural talents overcome the demands of the job | 109 | (1) | |
| 293 On maturity | 109 | (1) | |
| 294 Moderation in forming opinions | 110 | (1) | |
| 295 Heroic, not histrionic | 110 | (1) | |
| 296 A man of many, and truly majestic, qualities | 110 | (1) | |
| 297 Act as though always on view | 111 | (1) | |
| 298 Three things make a prodigy | 111 | (1) | |
| 299 Leave people hungry | 111 | (1) | |
| 300 Ina word, a saint | 112 | (1) | |
| Notes | 113 |
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