3865. Abstain from ardent spirits, cordials, and malt liquors. Let your drink be, like that of Franklin, when he was a printer—pure water.
3866. Never use tobacco in any form. By chewing, smoking, or snuffing, you spend money which would help to clothe you, or would enable you, if single, to make a useful present to an aged mother or dependent sister; or, if married, to buy your wife a frock, or get books for your children. You also, by any of these filthy practices, injure your health—bringing on headache, gnawing at the stomach, low spirits, trembling of the limbs, and, at times, sleeplessness.
3867. Be particular in preserving your skin clean, by regular washing of your hands, and face, and mouth, before each meal, and of your whole body at least once a week, and by combing and brushing the hair daily.
3868. Always have fresh air in the room in which you work, but so that you shall not be in a draft.
3869. Take a short time in the morning, if possible, and always in the evening, or toward sundown, for placing your body in a natural posture, by standing erect, and exercising your chest and limbs by a walk where the air is the purest.