"1st: Every Action done in Company ought to be done with Some Sign of Respect, to those that are Present.
2nd: When in Company, put not your Hands to any part of the body, not usually Discovered.
6th: Sleep not when others Speak. Sit not when others stand. Speak not when you Should hold your Peace, walk not when others Stop.
22nd: Show not yourself glad at the Misfortune of another though he were your enemy.
35th: Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.
40th: Strive not with your Superiors in argument, but always Submit your Judgment to others with Modesty.
41st: Undertake not to Teach your equal in the art himself Professes; it Savours of arrogance.
44th: When a man does all he can though it Succeeds not well, blame not him who did it.
50th: Be not hasty to believe flying Reports to the Disparagement of any.
56th: Associate yourself with Men of good Quality if you Esteem your own Reputation; for ‘is better to be alone than in bad Company.
58th: Let your Conversation be without Malice or Envy, for ‘is a sign of a Tractable and Commendable Nature; and that in all Causes of Passion admit Reason to Govern.
60th: Be not immodest in urging your Friends to Discover a Secret.
73rd: Think before you Speak pronounce not imperfectly nor bring out your Words too hastily but orderly and distinctly.
79th: Be not apt to relate News if you know not the truth thereof. In Discoursing of things you Have heard Name not your Author Always a Secret Discover not.
82nd: Undertake not what you cannot Perform but be Careful to keep your Promise.
89th: Speak not Evil of the absent for it is unjust.
110th: Labor to keep in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/12/george-washingtons-rules-presidential-behavior/578128/
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