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| Introduction I. The First Mistake in Public Business Is the Going into It: 1776 II. Half the Truth Is Often a Great Lie: 1776-1777 I(II. Three Can Keep a Secret, If Two of Them Are Dead: 1777 IV. The Cat in Gloves Catches No Mice: 1777-1778 V. There Is No Such Thing as a Little Enemy: 1778 VI. Admiration Is the Daughter of Ignorance: 1778 VII Success Has Ruined Many a Man: 1779 VIII. Everyone Has Wisdom Enough to Manage the Affairs of His Neighbors: 1780 IX. The Sting of a Reproachs Is the Truth of It: 1780-1781 X. Those Who in Quarrels Interpose May Get Bloody Nose: 1782 XI. The Absent Are Never Without Fault: 1783 XII. Creditors Have Better Memories Than Debtors: 1784-1785 Epilogue |
