Superfluous Compliments and all Affectation of Ceremony are to be avoided, yet where due they are not to be Neglected.

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

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

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.

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

Think before you Speak pronounce not imperfectly nor bring out your Words too hastily but orderly & distinctly.

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

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

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

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

When you meet with one of Greater Quality than yourself, Stop, and retire especially if it be at a Door or any Straight place to give way for him to Pass.

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

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

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.