- Be patient. No matter what.

- Don’t badmouth: Assign responsibility, not blame. Say nothing of another you wouldn’t say to him.

- Never assume the motives of others are, to them, less noble than yours are to you.

- Expand your sense of the possible.

- Don’t trouble yourself with matters you truly cannot change.

- Expect no more of anyone than you can deliver yourself.

- Tolerate ambiguity.

- Laugh at yourself frequently.

- Concern yourself with what is right rather than who is right.

- Never forget that, no matter how certain, you might be wrong.

- Give up blood sports.

- Remember that your life belongs to others as well. Don’t risk it frivolously.

- Never lie to anyone for any reason. (Lies of omission are sometimes exempt.)

- Learn the needs of those around you and respect them.

- Avoid the pursuit of happiness. Seek to define your mission and pursue that.

- Reduce your use of the first personal pronoun.

- Praise at least as often as you disparage.

- Admit your errors freely and soon.

- Become less suspicious of joy.

- Understand humility.

- Remember that love forgives everything.

- Foster dignity.

- Live memorably.

- Love yourself.

- Endure.