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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.