Do not laugh too loud or too much at any Public Spectacle.

Be not Tedious in Discourse or in reading unless you find the Company pleased therewith.

When you see a Crime punished, you may be inwardly Pleased; but always show Pity to the Suffering Offender.

Speak not injurious Words neither in Jest nor Earnest Scoff at none although they give Occasion.

Let your Countenance be pleasant but in Serious Matters Somewhat grave.

Undertake not what you cannot perform but be careful to keep your promise.

When a man does all he can though it Succeeds not well blame not him that did it.

It is good Manners to prefer them to whom we Speak before ourselves especially if they be above us with whom in no Sort we ought to begin.

Labour to keep alive in your Breast that Little Spark of Celestial fire Called Conscience.

Be no Flatterer, neither Play with any that delights not to be Played Withal.

Play not the Peacock, looking everywhere about you, to See if you be well Decked, if your Shoes fit well if your Stockings sit neatly, and Clothes handsomely.

In visiting the Sick, do not Presently play the Physician if you be not Knowing therein.

Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.

Turn not your Back to others especially in Speaking, Jog not the Table or Desk on which Another reads or writes, lean not upon any one.

Be not immodest in urging your Friends to Discover a Secret.