| Temperance: | Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation | ||||||||||
| Silence: | Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversations | ||||||||||
| Order: | Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time | ||||||||||
| Resolution: | Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve | ||||||||||
| Frugality: | Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; that is, waste nothing | ||||||||||
| Industry: | Lose not time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions | ||||||||||
| Sincerity: | Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly; speak accordingly | ||||||||||
| Justice: | Wrong none by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty | ||||||||||
| Moderation: | Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think you deserve | ||||||||||
| Cleanliness: | Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, clothes or habitation | ||||||||||
| Tranquility: | Be not disturbed at trifles or accidents common or unavoidable | ||||||||||
| Chastity: | Rarely use venery but for health or offspring; never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another's peace or reputation | ||||||||||
| Humility: | Imitate Jesus and Socrates |
ben franklin's 13 virtues
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