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

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.

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

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

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

In writing or Speaking, give to every Person his due Title According to his Degree & the Custom of the Place.

Be not hasty to believe flying Reports to the Disparagement of any.

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

A Man ought not to value himself of his Achievements, or rare Qualities of wit; much less of his riches Virtue or Kindred.

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

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

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

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

When in Company, put not your Hands to any Part of the Body, not usually Discovered.

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.