| Congregational union of England and Wales - 1850 - 758 Seiten
...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... | |
| My youthful companions - 1846 - 170 Seiten
...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... | |
| 1744 - 726 Seiten
...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.... | |
| Orville Luther Holley - 1848 - 534 Seiten
...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... | |
| Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1848 - 676 Seiten
...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... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1841 - 264 Seiten
...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... | |
| My old pupils - 1849 - 212 Seiten
...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.... | |
| John Stanley (printer.) - 1849 - 178 Seiten
...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... | |
| Edwin Paxton Hood - 1851 - 224 Seiten
...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... | |
| Success - 1851 - 362 Seiten
...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... | |
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