"Part I. Upon Pride. Upon Cloaths. Upon Duelling. Upon General Kindness. Upon the Office of a Chaplain. Upon the Weakness of Human Reason. Part II. Of Fame. Of Musick. Of the Value of Life. Of the Spleen. Of Eagerness of Desire. Of Friendship. Of Popularity. A Thought. Of the Entertaiment of Books. Of Confidence. Of Envy. Of the Aspect. Against Despair. Of Covetousness. Of Liberty. Of Old Age. Of Pleasure. Part III. Of Pain. Revenge. Authors. Power. Infancy and Youth. Riches and Poverty. Whoredom. Drunkenness. Usury. An Apostle. Solitude." Essays are actually conversations between Philotimus and Philalethes, etc.