...divided his task into thirteen components: TEMPERANCE: Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation. SILENCE: Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversations. ORDER: Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its...

...their natural order of progression, were: 1. TEMPERANCE. Eat not to Dulness. Drink not to Elevation. 2. SILENCE. Speak not but what may benefit others...without fail what you resolve. 5. FRUGALITY. Make no Expence but to do good to others or yourself: ie Waste nothing. 6. INDUSTRY. Lose no Time. Be always...

...determined to acquire, one week at a time: 1 . Temperance. Eat not to Dulness Drink not to Elevation. 2. Silence. Speak not but what may benefit others...without fail what you resolve. 5. Frugality. Make no Expence but to do good to others or yourself: ie Waste nothing. 6. Industry. Lose no Time. Be always...

...and mind 4 Anger 9 Hate. 5 Self expression 10 Material gain The Eight Virtues Of Benjamin Franklin Silence Speak not, but what may benefit others, or yourself, avoid trifling conversation. Order Let all things have there place, let each part of your life have its time. Resolution Resolve...

...accounts of his progress in each category: 1. Temperance: Eat not to dulness. Drink not to elevation. 2. Silence: Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself. Avoid trifling conversations. 3. Order: Let all things have their places. Let each part of your business have its...

...essential for acquiring the "coolness and clearness of head" necessary for studying and, hence, for silence — "Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself. Avoid trifling Conversation." Silence, in turn, was viewed as necessary for planning efficacious actions and, hence, for order —...

...1. TEMPERANCE Eat not to Dulness. Drink not to Elevation. 2. SILENCE Speak not but what may benefu others or yourself. Avoid trifling Conversation. 3....without fail what you resolve. 5. FRUGALITY Make no Expence but to do good to others or yourself: ie Waste nothing. 6. INDUSTRY Lose no Time. Be always...

...Virtues with their Precepts were 1, TEMPERANCE Eat not to Dulness, Drink not to Elevation, 2, S1LENCE Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself,...Places, Let each Part of your Business have its Time, 4, RESOLUT1ON Resolve to perform what you ought, Perform without fail what you resolve, 5, FRUGAL1TY Make...

...listed 1 3 virtues he wanted to aspire to: temperance ("Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation"), silence ("Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation") order, resolution, and so on. For the 1 3th and final virtue, humility, he provided this simple description:...

...— Aldous Huxley "When the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great." — Machiavelli "Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve." — Benjamin Franklin "Joy is the will which labors, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph."...