| William M. Thayer - 1861 - 342 Seiten
...Temperance. — Eat not to dulness; drink not to elevation. " 2. Silence. — Speak not but what maybenefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. "...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;... | |
| William M. Thayer - 1861 - 304 Seiten
...following were the virtues : — " 1. Temperance. — Eat not to dulness ; drink not to elevation. " 2. Silence. — Speak not but what may benefit others...let each part of your business have its time. " 4. Eesolution. — Resolve to perform what you ought ; perform without fail what you resolve. " 5. Frugality.... | |
| Sunbeams - 1861 - 368 Seiten
...life : — 1. Temperance.— Eat not to dulness : drink not to elevation. 2. Silence.— Speak nothing but what may benefit others or yourself : avoid trifling conversation. 3. Order. — Let all things have their places : let each part of your business have its time. 4. Resolution. — Resolve... | |
| 106 Seiten
...Dr. Franklm for the regulation of his lifeTemperance— 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 —... | |
| Benjamin Franklin, Epes Sargent - 1866 - 270 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...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... | |
| Oliver Optic - 1873 - 948 Seiten
...places. [Do you ever lose anything by carelessness?] Let each part of your business have its time. " Resolution. — Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. [That is, if the resolution is a good one : " bad promises are better broken than kept."] "Frugality.... | |
| Edwin Percy Whipple - 1867 - 38 Seiten
...senseless clamor, " a Pillar steadfast in the storm." No one better illustrated Franklin's maxim : " Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve." He was of course thought to be obstinate by those who brought their own obstinacy into conflict with... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1868 - 426 Seiten
...virtues, with their precepts were : i. TEMPERANCE. Eat not to dullness ; drink not to elevation. 2. SILENCE. Speak not but what may benefit others or...without fail what you resolve. 5. FRUGALITY. Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; /'. c., waste nothing. 6. INDUSTRY. Lose no time ; be... | |
| 1870 - 268 Seiten
...beloved and respected. 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... | |
| 1871 - 784 Seiten
...Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself j avoid trifling conversation. 3. ORDER. — Let all things have their places ; let each part of your business...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... | |
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