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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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