A COMPILATION OF TRIADS

Pertaining to the Domicile

Respecting The Good Home:

 

  1. There are three things without which one is not whole:
    1. a mate
    2. a home
    3. a craft.
  2. Three things desirable in a household:
    1. good order
    2. good knowledge
    3. sufficient plenty.
  3. Three felicities of a household:
    1. an honest watchman
    2. a careful herdsman
    3. a wise errand-goer.
  4. Three things which make one glad:
    1. their mate loving them
    2. their labor prospering
    3. their conscience easy.
  5. Three things fitting for one when they are at home:
    1. their mate laying with them
    2. their cushion in their chair
    3. their harp in tune.
  6. Three things of great comfort for one to have:
    1. their mate in their bed
    2. their fire in their hearth
    3. their money in their purse.
  7. Three felicities of a wise person:
    1. kindly soil
    2. a dedicated mate
    3. a law-abiding child.
  8. Three things which will exalt a person:
    1. a mate dedicated and diligent
    2. a master faithful
    3. safety.
  9. Three things which help one to get rich:
    1. their mate saving
    2. their family not wasting
    3. themselves laboring.
  10. Three things which make a marriage happy:
    1. equality of age
    2. equality of lineage
    3. equality of possessions.
  11. Three felicities of a person and their mate:
    1. being merry at home
    2. good in their relations with the Mighty Ones
    3. mediators among their neighbors.
  12. Three things one gains when their mate endeavors to be excellent:
    1. their household peaceful for love of them
    2. their children gentle in manners
    3. the respect of their neighbors. 43
  13. Three things a person gains when their mate endeavors to be excellent:
    1. peace of mind
    2. wellness of body
    3. stable prosperity.
  14. Three treasures of the child in a good home:
    1. truth
    2. love
    3. growth.
  15. Three things in a person which makes their mate a leader among their neighbors:
    1. skill
    2. industry
    3. wisdom. 44
  16. Three things which bring dignity to a person:
    1. discretion in speech
    2. contentment in the life they lead
    3. being peaceful among their neighbors.
  17. Three things which makes one content with their dinner:
    1. their mate clever
    2. their food savory
    3. their stomach healthy.
  18. Three things pleasant to one at their dinner:
    1. a sharp-edged knife
    2. a sharp-pointed skewer
    3. a clean plate.

Contents

1. Preface 22. Respecting The Bad Home
2. An Omnium Gatherum 23. Pertaining To The Fili'
3. Respecting Excellence 24. Pertaining To Contracts And Agreements
4. Respecting The Conscientious Person 26. Good Health And Bad
5. Respecting The Rewards Of Excellence 27. Advisements Of Prudence
6. Origins Of Wrong Doing 28. Respecting The Order Of Nature
7. Respecting Those Gone Amiss 29. Respecting The Nature Of Humankind
8. The Profits Of Those Who Have Gone Amiss 30. Respecting Action
9. Respecting Wealth And Poverty 31. Respecting Knowledge
10. Miscellaneous Wisdom 32. Respecting Wisdom
11. The Order Of Society 33. Respecting Those Who Are Wise
12. The Underpinnings Of Society 34. Respecting The Fool And Their Inanity
13. The Banes Of Society 35. Respecting Wisdom Applied
14. Respecting Land And Husbandry 36. Respecting Ambitions And The Roads To Success
15. The Respectable Citizen 37. Respecting Friendship
16. The Nocuous Citizen 38. Respecting Happiness
17. Respecting Legacies 39. Respecting Philosophy
18. Monitorial Advisements 40. Respecting Warriors
19. Manifold Blessings And Beneficence 41. Respecting The True Human
20. Respecting Etiquette 42. Respecting Spirituality
21. Respecting The Good Home  
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