“36. Gaze not on the marks or blemishes of others, nor ask how they came. What you may speak in secret to your friend deliver not before others.
“37. Speak not in an unknown tongue in company, but in your own language; and that as those of quality do, and not as the vulgar. Sublime matters treat seriously.
“38. Think before you speak; pronounce not imperfectly, nor bring out your words too hastily, but orderly and distinctly.
“39. When another speaks, be attentive yourself, and disturb not the audience. If any hesitate in his words, help him not, nor answer him till his speech be ended.
“40. Treat with men at fit times about business, and whisper not in the company of others.
“41. Make no comparisons; and if any of the company be commended for any brave act of virtue, commend not another for the same.
“42. Be not apt to relate news if you know not the truth thereof. In discoursing of things you have heard, name not your author always. A secret discover not.
“43. Be not curious to know the affairs of others, neither approach to those that speak in private.
“44. Undertake not what you cannot perform. Be careful to keep your promise.
“45. When you deliver a matter, do it without passion and indiscretion, however mean the person may be you do it to.
“46. When your superiors talk to anybody, hear them; neither speak nor laugh.
“47. In disputes be not so desirous to overcome as to give liberty to each one to deliver his opinion, and submit to the judgment of the major part, especially if they are judges of the dispute.
“48. Be not tedious in discourse, make not digressions, nor repeat often the same matter of discourse.
“49. Speak no evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
“50. Be not angry at table, whatever happens; and if you have reason to be so show it not; put on a cheerful countenance, especially if there be strangers, for good humor makes one dish a feast.
“51. Set not yourself at the upper end of the table; but if it be your due, or if the master of the house will have it so, contend not, lest you should trouble the company.
“52. When you speak of God or His attributes, let it be seriously, in reverence and honor, and obey your natural parents.
“53. Let your recreations be manful, not sinful.