Book 1

           1.MYGRANDFATHERVERUS

           Characterandself-control.

           2.MYFATHER(FROMMYOWNMEMORIESANDHISREPUTATION)

           Integrityandmanliness.

           3.MYMOTHER

           Herreverenceforthedivine,hergenerosity,herinabilitynotonlytodowrongbuteventoconceiveofdoingit.Andthesimplewayshelived—notintheleastliketherich.

           4.MYGREAT-GRANDFATHER

           Toavoidthepublicschools,tohiregoodprivateteachers,andtoaccepttheresultingcostsasmoneywell-spent.

           5.MYFIRSTTEACHER

           Nottosupportthissideorthatinchariot-racing,thisfighterorthatinthegames.Toputupwithdiscomfortandnotmakedemands.Todomyownwork,mindmyownbusiness,andhavenotimeforslanderers.

           6.DIOGNETUS

           Nottowastetimeonnonsense.Nottobetakeninbyconjurorsandhoodooartistswiththeirtalkaboutincantationsandexorcismandalltherestofit.Nottobeobsessedwithquail-fightingorothercrazeslikethat.Tohearunwelcometruths.Topracticephilosophy,andtostudywithBaccheius,andthenwithTandasisandMarcianus.Towritedialoguesasastudent.TochoosetheGreeklifestyle—thecamp-bedandthecloak.

           7.RUSTICUS

           TherecognitionthatIneededtotrainanddisciplinemycharacter.

           Nottobesidetrackedbymyinterestinrhetoric.