The wise should not resort to a society disliked by the public, governed by no rules, and intent on the destruction of others.

But a learned man living in a society which acts according to the wishes of the people, and which has pleasure for its only object is highly respected in this world.
FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 13: This term would appear to apply generally to an inhabitant of Hindoostan.

It is not meant only for a dweller in a city, like the Latin Urbanus as opposed to Rusticus.] [Footnote 14: Gift is peculiar to a Brahman, conquest to a Kshatrya, while purchase, deposit, and other means of acquiring wealth belongs to the Vaishya.] [Footnote 15: Natural garden flowers.] [Footnote 16: Such as quails, partridges, parrots, starlings, &c.] [Footnote 17: The calls of nature always performed by the Hindoos the first thing in the morning.] [Footnote 18: A colour made from lac.] [Footnote 19: This would act instead of soap, which was not introduced until the rule of the Mahomedans.] [Footnote 20: Ten days are allowed when the hair is taken out with a pair of pincers.] [Footnote 21: These are characters generally introduced in the Hindoo drama; their characteristics will be explained further on.] [Footnote 22: Noonday sleep is only allowed in summer, when the nights are short.] [Footnote 23: These are very common in all parts of India.] [Footnote 24: In the 'Asiatic Miscellany,' and in Sir W.Jones's works, will be found a spirited hymn addressed to this goddess, who is adored as the patroness of the fine arts, especially of music and rhetoric, as the inventress of the Sanscrit language, &c., &c.

She is the goddess of harmony, eloquence, and language, and is somewhat analogous to Minerva.
For further information about her, see Edward Moor's 'Hindoo Pantheon.'] [Footnote 25: The public women, or courtesans (Vesya), of the early Hindoos have often been compared with the Hetera of the Greeks.

The subject is dealt with at some length in H.H.