“Let your conversation be without malice or envy.

“Urge not your friend to discover a secret.

“Break not a jest where none take pleasure in mirth.

“Speak not injurious words either in jest or earnest.

“Gaze not on the blemishes of others.

“When another speaks, be attentive.

“Be not apt to relate news.

“Be not curious to know the affairs of others.

“Speak not evil of the absent.

“When you speak of God, let it ever be with reverence.