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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.

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

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.