A USEFUL POCKET PIECE.

Inangahua Times, Volume II, Issue II, 15 June 1881, Page 2

A USEFUL POCKET PIECE.

♦ If *our young men, and old ones too, would practice tbe following precepts, the virtue, patriotism |and prosperity of the natirn would be vastly improved. Be civil. Be earnest. Never be idle. Work is worship. Make few'promises. Always speak the truth. Advertise your business. Beware of little expenses. Never speak^evil of any one. Live up to your engagements. Lore God and your fellow men. Be just before von are generous. Earn money before you spend it: Never play'at any game of chance. Keep your own secre's if you have any. Good character is above all things el»e. Drink no kind of intoxicating liquors. ■Never borrow if you can possibly nyoid it. Keep yourself innocent if you would be happy. Make no hasfe to be rich if you would prosper. Do not marry until you are able to support a wife. When you speak to a person, look him in the face. Ever live (misfortune excepted) within your income. Save when you are young, aid spend when you are old: Nevor run into debt unless you see a way to gel out 9gain. Avoid temptation, through fear you mny sot withstand it. If one speaks enl of you, live so that no one will believe him. If your hands cannot be usefully employed, cultivate your mind. Good company and good conversation are the very sinews of virtue. When you retire, think over what you have done during the day. Small and steady gains give competency with tranquility of mind. Your character cannot be essentially injured excent by your own acts.