The Wolf Boy Of China
Publisher: J.B. Lippincott Co.
Published: 1883
Place of publication: Philadelphia, USA
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: I. "PRODUCE MUCH, CONSUME LITTLE; LABOR DILIGENTLY, SPEND CAUTIOUSLY ," 9; title: II. "THE GEM CANNOT BE POLISHED WITHOUT FRICTION, NOR MAN PERFECTED WITHOUT TRIALS," 17; title: III. "THE GODS CANNOT HELP A MAN WHO LOSES OPPORTUNITIES," 26; title: IV. "A WISE MAN ADAPTS HIMSELF TO CIRCUMSTANCES, AS WATER SHAPES ITSELF TO THE VESSEL THAT CONTAINS IT" 38; title: V. "IF MEN WILL HAVE NO CARE FOR THE FUTURE THEY WILL SOON HAVE SORROW FOR THE PRESENT," 42; title: VI. "WHAT IS TOLD IN THE EAR IS OFTEN HEARD A HUNDRED MILES OFF,"; title: VII. "EVERY DAY CANNOT BE A FEAST OF LANTERNS," 55; title: VIII. "TO SPOIL WHAT IS GOOD BY UNSEASONABLENESS IS LIKE LETTING OFF FIREWORKS IN RAIN," 60; title: IX. "TO CONTRIVE IS MAN'S PART; TO ACCOMPLISH IS HEAVEN'S," 76; title: X. "LOOKERS-ON MAY BE BETTER JUDGES OF THE GAME THAN THE PLAYERS," 91; title: XI. "HE WHO HASTENS TO BE RICH INCURS PERIL," 98; title: XII. "AN IGNORANT DOCTOR IS NO BETTER THAN A MURDERER," 101; title: XIII. "LOVE OF GAIN TURNS WISE MEN INTO FOOLS," 117; title: XIV. "HE WHO GOULD SEE ONLY THREE DAYS INTO FUTURITY MIGHT ENRICH HIMSELF FOREVER," 126; title: XV. "RICHES COME BETTER AFTER POVERTY THAN POVERTY AFTER RICHES," 136; title: XVI. "LARGE FOWLS WILL NOT EAT SMALL GRAIN," 145; title: XVII. "A NEEDLE IS NOT SHARP AT BOTH ENDS," 160; title: XVIII. "THE MORE TALENTS ARE EXERCISED THE MORE THEY WILL BE DEVELOPED," 17ft; title: XIX. "HE WHO DOES NOT SOAR HIGH WILL SUFFER THE LESS BY A FALL," 184; title: XX. "A RASH MAN PROVOKES TROUBLE; BUT WHEN THE TROUBLE COMES IS NO MATCH FOR IT," 108; title: XXI. "A CLEVER MAN TURNS GREAT TROUBLES INTO LITTLE ONES, AND LITTLE ONES INTO NONE AT ALL," 201; title: XXII. "THE BEST SWIMMERS ARE OFTENEST DROWNED; AND THE BEST RIDERS HAVE THE WORST FALLS," 211; title: XXIII. "KINDNESS IS MORE BINDING THAN A LOAN," 218; title: XXIV. "FOR THE SAKE OF ONE GOOD ACTION A HUN-DRED EVIL ONES SHOULD BE FORGOTTEN," 226; title: XXV. "IT IS BETTER TO SUFFER AN INJURY THAN TO COMMIT ONE," 238; title: XXVI. "BY NATURE ALL MEN ARB ALIKE; BUT BY EDUCATION WIDELY DIFFERENT," 240; title: XXVII. "A MAN MUST MAKE HIMSELF DESPICABLE BEFORE HE CAN BE REALLY DESPISED BY OTHERS," 258; title: XXVIII. "EVIL CONDUCT IS THE ROOT OF MISERY" 264; title: XXIX. "TO PERSECUTE THE UNFORTUNATE IS LIKE THROWING STONES ON ONE FALLEN INTO A WELL," 277; title: XXX. "WATER IS LESS DREADED THAN FIRE, YET FEWER SUFFER BY FIRE THAN BY WATER," 286; title: XXXI. "HE WHO TOILS WITH PAIN WILL BAT WITH PLEASURE," 296; title: XXXII. "EGGS ARE CLOSE THINGS, BUT THE CHICKS COME OUT AT LAST," 304; title: XXXIII. "A HUNTER'S DOG WILL AT LAST DIE A VIOLENT DEATH,"  318; title: XXXIV. "LET US FULFIL OUR OWN PARTS, AND AWAIT THE WILL OF HEAVEN,"; title: XXXV. "A HUNTER'S DOG WILL AT LAST DIE A VIOLENT DEATH,"; title: Digitized by Google.