Maintain a noble character and control your temper.
Embody modesty and manliness.
Practice piety, generosity, and simplicity in diet while avoiding the habits of the rich.
Invest liberally in good education and teachers.
Endure pain, work hard, desire little, and ignore slander and partisan games.
Avoid superstition and empty enthusiasms, tolerate plain speaking, and embrace the discipline of philosophy.
Reform one's character, avoid ostentatious rhetoric, and read texts with deep precision rather than superficiality.
Exercise moral freedom, rely solely on reason, and remain consistent in behavior regardless of fortune.
Live according to nature with dignity, graciousness, and affection, while remaining free from passion.
Correct others gently by setting a good example rather than by criticism or fault-finding.
Recognize and avoid the malice, caprice, and hypocrisy often associated with absolute power.
Fulfill social obligations and avoid using "busyness" as an excuse to neglect duties to others.
Accept criticism from friends even when unreasonable, praise teachers heartily, and genuinely love children.
Love family, truth, and justice, and cherish the ideal of a commonwealth based on equity and freedom of speech.
Exhibit self-mastery, cheerfulness in illness, and genuine integrity without the need for display.
Act with unshakeable resolution, suppress vanity, work diligently, and treat all with impartial justice and temperance.
Be grateful for good relationships, the preservation of health, and the guidance to live in obedience to nature.