Rules for Successful Living

Make few promises.
Always speak the truth.
Live within your means.
Never speak evil of anyone.
Keep good company or none.
Never play games of chance.
Drink no intoxicating drinks.
Good character is above everything else.
Keep your own secrets if you have any.
Never borrow if you can possible avoid it.
Do not marry until you are able to support your wife.
Keep yourself honest if you would be happy.
When you speak to a person, look into his eyes.
Make not haste to be rich, if you would prosper.
Save when you are young to spend when you are old.
Never run into debt, unless you see a way out again.
Good company and good conversation are the sinews of virtue.
Your character cannot be badly hurt except by your own vices.
If anyone speaks evil of you, let your life be so that no one will believe it.
Never be idle, if your hands cannot be employed usefully, attend to the culture of your mind.

-Borrowed from former President James Garfield