...laid down for guidance and action : Т\третаже — Eat not to fulnesa ; drink not to elevation. Silence — Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. Order — Let all your things hare then- places; let each part of your business have its tune. Resolution...

...philosopher, Franklin, is worthy of being inscribed in letters of gold over every domestic hearth : — " Resolve to perform what you ought : perform without fail what you resolve." Had my old friend, Matthew Norden, acted upon this maxim from his youth upwards, he would have escaped...

...disappointments. DR. FRANKLIN'S RULES OF LIFE. Temperance — Eat not to fulness ; drink not to elevation. Silence. — Speak not -but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. Order. — Let all your things have their place ; let each of your duties have its time. Resolution....

...This schedule was as follows : — 1. TEMPERANCE. — Eat not to dulness ; drink not to elevation. 2. SILENCE. — Speak not but what may benefit others,...without fail what you resolve. 5. FRUGALITY. — Make no expense but to do good to others, or yourself; that is, waste nothing. 6. INDUSTRY. — Lose no time...

...virtues, with their precepts, were; 1. TEMPERANCE. — Eat not to dulness; drink not to elevation. 2. SILENCE. — Speak not but what may benefit others...have its time. 4. RESOLUTION. — Resolve to perform w/iat you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. 5. FRUGALITY. — Make no expense but to do...

...govern ourselves. 2. In the morning, think what thou hast to do ; at night, ask what thou hast done. 3. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. 4. Be constantly engaged in something useful, either to yourselves or to others. ry thing to its proper...

...you would avoid the fate of Alfred Jenkins, shun his besetting fault. In the words of Dr. Franklin, " Resolve to perform what you ought : perform without fail what you resolve." CHAPTER IV. A Scene — John Churl, the disobedient Boy — Remarks on the Force of Habit — Mrs....

...virtues and precepts: 1. Temperance.—Eat not to dulness; drink not to elevation. 2. Silence.—Speak not but what may benefit others, or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. 3. Order.—Let all your things have their places ; let each part of your business have its time. 4. Resolution.—Resolve...

...he laid down for guidance and action : — Temperance . Eat not to fulness ; drink not to elevation. Silence . . . Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. Order .... Let all your things have their places ; let each part of your business have its time. Resolution...

...meaning. These were: 1. TEMPERANCE.—Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation. 2. SILENCE.—Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. 3. ORDER.—Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. 4. RESOLUTION.—Resolve...