18. Mock not, nor jest at any thing serious.
19. Wherein you reprove another, be unblamable yourself; for example is more prevalent than precept.
20. Use no reproachful language against any one, neither curse, nor revile.
21. Be not hasty to believe reports to the disadvantage of others.
22. In your apparel be modest, and endeavor to accommodate nature rather than to procure admiration; keep to the fashions of your equals: such as are civil and orderly with respect to times and places.
23. Play not the peacock, looking every where about your person to see if you be well decked, and if your clothes set handsomely.
24. Associate with persons of good character, if you have a regard for your own; for it is better to be alone, than in bad company.
25. Let your conversation be without malice or envy; and in all cases of passion, admit reason to govern.
26. Be not immodest in urging your friend to discover a secret.
27. Utter not base or frivolous things among grave or learned men; nor introduce deep subjects or difficult questions among the ignorant; nor things hard to be believed.