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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.