1st: Every Action done in Company, ought to be with Some
Sign of Respect, to thos that are Present.
6th: Sleep not when others Speak, Sit not when other
stand, Speak not when you Should hold your Peace, walk not on when others Stop.
48th: Wherein you reprove Another be unblameable yourself;
for example is more prevalent than Precepts.
56th: Associate yourself with Men of good Quality if you
Esteem your own Reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad Company.
58th: Let your Conversation be without Malice or Envy, for
'tis a Sign of a Tractable and Commendable Nature: And in all Causes of Passion admit
Reason to Govern.
67th: Detract not from others neither be excessive in
Commanding.
71st: Gaze not on the marks or blemishes of Others and ask
not how they came. What you may Speak in Secret to your Friend deliver not before others.
74th: When another Speaks be attentive your Self and
disturb not the Audience if any hesitate in his Words help him not nor Prompt him without
desired, Interrupt him not, nor Answer him till his Speech be ended.
105th: Be not Angry at Table whatever happens & if you
have reason to be so, shew it not but on a Cheerfull Countenance especially if there be
Strangers for Good Humour makes one Dish of Meat a Feast.
Look for Washington's Rules of Civility in your public library or contact Mount Vernon.
