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Show SIGNS THAT POINT WAY TO SUCCESSFUL AND USEFUL LIFE Never be idle Never speak ill of any one. Make few promises. Always speak the truth Keep good company or none. Live up to your engagements. Be just before you are generous. Earn money before you spend it. Good character is above all things else. Keep your own secrets if you have any. Never borrow, if you can possibly avoid it. Never play at any kind of game of chance. When you speak to a person, look him in the face. Save when you are young, to spend wnen you are old. Never run in debt, unless you see a way to get out again. Avoid temptation through fear you may not withstand it. j Ever live (misfortune excepted) j within your income. Small and steady gains give competency com-petency and tranquility of mind. Good company and good conversation conversa-tion are the sinews of virtue. Your character cannot be essentially essen-tially injured except by yourself. If your hands cannot be us employed, attend to the cultivation of your mind. . |