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SAFE PRINCIPLES AND RULES

1. Remember that time is gold.

2. True intelligence is always modest.

3. Never covet what is not your own.

4. Don't cultivate a sense of over-smartness.

5. A man of honor respects his word as he does his note.

6. Shun lawsuits, and never take money risks that you can avoid.

7. Endeavor to be perfect in the calling in which you are engaged.

8. Keep your eyes on small expenses. Small leaks sink a great ship.

9. Keep your health good by adopting regular and steady habits.

10. Never forget a favor, for ingratitude is the basest trait of a man's mean character.

11. Remember that the rich are generally plain, while rogues dress well and talk smoothly.
12. Remember that steady, earnest effort alone leads to wealth and high position.

13. Never be afraid to say no. Every successful man must have the backbone to assert his rights.

14. Avoid the tricks of trade; be honest, and never misrepresent an article that you desire to sell.

15. The only safe rule is, never to allow a single year to pass by without laying up something for the future.

16. Remember that trickery, cheating and indolence are never found as attributes of a thrifty and progressive man.

17. Do not be ashamed of hard work. Work for the best salary or wages you can get, but work for anything rather than to be idle.

18. Be not ashamed to work, for it is one of the conditions of our existence. There is no criminal who does not owe his crime to some idle hour.

19. To industry and economy add self-reliance. Do not take too much advice, think for yourself. Independence will add vigor and inspiration to your labors.


GOOD BUSINESS MAXIMS.

1. Goods well bought are half sold.

2. Write a good, plain, legible hand.

3. Keep your word as good as a bank.

4. Goods in store are better than bad debts.

5. Never refuse a choice when you can get it.

6. Never take any chances on another man's game.

7. Never sign a paper without first reading it carefully.

8. Never gamble or take chances on the Board of Trade.

9. Remember that an honest man is the noblest work of God

10. Your first ambition should be the acquisition of knowledge pertaining to your business.

11. Of two investments, choose that which will best promote your regular business.

12. By prosecuting a useful business energetically, humanity is benefited.

13. Keep accurate accounts, and know the exact condition of your affairs.

14. Be economical; a gain usually requires expense; what is saved is clear.

15. Endeavor to be perfect in the calling in which you are engaged.

16. Never fail to meet a business engagement, however irksome it may be at that moment.

17. Never sign a paper for a stranger. Think nothing insignificant which has a bearing upon your success.

18. Avoid litigation as much as possible, study for yourself the theory of commercial law, and be your own lawyer.

19. Undertake no business without mature reflection, and confine your capital closely to the business you "have established.

20. Lead a regular life, avoid display, and choose your associates discreetly, and prefer the society of men of your own type.

21. Be affable, polite, and obliging to everybody; avoid discussions, anger, and pettishness; interfere with no disputes the creation of others.

22. Never misrepresent, falsify, or deceive; have one rule of moral life, never swerve from it. whatever may be the acts or opinions of other men

23. Make no investments without a full acquaintance with their nature and condition; and select such investments as have intrinsic value.

24. Never run down a neighbor's property or goods and praise up your own. It is a mark of low breeding, and will gain you nothing.

25. Above all things, acquire a good, correct epistolary style, for you are judged by the business world according to the character, expression, and style of your letters.

26. During business hours attend to nothing but business, but be prompt in responding to all communications, and never suffer a letter to remain without an answer.

27. Never form the habit of talking about your neighbors, or repeating things that you hear others say. You will avoid much unpleasantness, and sometimes serious difficulties.

28. Finally, examine carefully every detail of your business. Be prompt in everything. Take time to consider, and then decide positively. Dare to go forward. Bear troubles patiently. Be brave in the struggle of life. Maintain your integrity as a sacred thing. Never tell business lies. Make no useless acquaintances. Never appear something more than you are. Pay your debts promptly. Shun strong liquor. Employ our time well. Never be discouraged. Then work hard and you will succeed.



GENIUS, CAPITAL, SKILL, LABOR

Here is a comparative table of genius, capital, skill and labor, on the mutual basis of the almighty dollar.

Genius. The power that enabled Tennyson to take a piece of paper and make it worth sixty-five thousand dollars by writing a poem on it.

Capital. The ability to write a few words on a sheet
of paper and make it worth five million dollars, as a Vanderbilt can do.

Skill. The ability to take twenty-five cents! worth of steel and make it into watch-springs worth fourteen thousand dollars, as a mechanic can do.

Labor. The act of working ten hours a day and shoveling three or four tons of earth for $1.50, as the ditcher does.