1) Temperance... drink not to elevation. (2) Silence... avoid trifling conversations. (3) Order: Let all your things have their places... (4) Resolution... perform without fail what you resolve. (5) Frugality... i.e. waste nothing. (6) Industry: Lose no time; be always employ'd... (7) Sincerity: Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently... (8) Justice: Wrong none by doing injuries... (9) Moderation: Avoid extremes; forbear resenting... (10) Cleanliness: Tolerate no uncleanliness in body... (11) Tranquility: Be not disturbed at trifles... (12) Chastity (13) Humility : Imitate Jesus.

Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.

Contentment makes a poor person rich and discontent makes a rich person poor.

Take counsel in wine, but resolve afterwards in water.

Can anything be constant in a world which is eternally changing?

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contently.