Interrupt no one in speaking, though he be your intimate.
Coming into company when any topic is being discussed, ask not what was the preceding conversation, but listen to the remainder.
Laugh not in, or at, your own story, wit or jest.
Speaking of any distant person, it is rude and unmannerly to point at him.
Be not over earnest in talking, to justify your own words.
Let your words be modest, about those things which concern only yourself.
Repeat not the words of a superior, who asks you a question, or talks with you.
