3. Cotton Mather's Essays to Do Good.
4. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
90. 1. Temperance- Eat not to dulness. Drink not to elevation.
2. Silence- Speak not but what may benefit others or your self. Avoid trifling conversation.
3. Order- Let all your things have their places. Leat each part of your business have its time.
4. Resolution- Resolve to perform what you ought. Perform without fail what you resolve.
5. Frugality- Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself. Waste nothing.
6. Industry- Lose no time- Be always employed in something useful. Cut off all unnecessary actions.
7. Sincerity- Use no hurtful deceit. Think innocently and justly; and if you speak, speak accordingly.
8. Justice- Wrong none, by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty.
9. Moderation- Avoid extremes. Forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.
10. Cleanliness- Tolerate no uncleanness in body, clothes or habitation.
11. Tranquility- Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.
12. Chastity- Rarely use venery but for health or offspring. Never to dulness, weakness or the injury of your own or another's peace or reputation.
13. Humility- Imitate Jesus and Socrates.
100. It is hard for an empty sack to stand upright.
105. He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.
122. I advised you to apply to all those whom you know will give something; next to those whom you are uncertain whether they will give any thing or not; and show them the List of those who have given: and lastly, do not neglect those who you are sure will give nothing; for in some of them you may be mistaken.
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