Thirteen Names of Virtues by Benjamin Franklin

This is straight from Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography!
Words of Wisdom!

Thirteen Names of Virtues:

1. Temeperence.
Eat not to Dulness,
Drink not to Elevation.

2. Silence
Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself.  Avoid trifling conversation.

3. Order.
Let all your Things have their Places.  Let each Part of your Business have its Time.

4. Resolution.
Resolve to perform what you ought.  Perform without fail what you resolve.

5. Frugality.
Make no Expence but to do good to others or yourself: i.e. Waste nothing.

6. Industry.
Lose no time.  Be always employ'd in something useful.  Cut off all unnecessary Actions.

7. Sincerity.
Use no hurtful Deceit.
Think innocently and justly; and, if you speak, speak accordingly.

8. Justice.
Wrong none, by doing Injuries or omitting the Benefits that are your Duty.

9. Moderation.
Avoid Extreams.  Forbear resenting Injuries so much as you think they deserve.

10. Cleanliness
Tolerate no Uncleanness in Body, Cloaths or Habitation.

11. Tranquility
Be not disturbed at Triflles, or at Accidents common or unavoidable.

12. Chastity.
Rarely use Venery* but for Health or Offspring; Never to Dulness, Weakness, or the Injury of your own or another's Peace or Reputation.

13.
 Humility.
Imitate Jesus and Socrates.

He writes as follows:
"My Intention being to acquire the Habitude of all these Virtues, I judg'd it would be well not to distract my Attention by attempting the whole at once, but to fix it on one of them at a time, and when I should be Master of that, then to proceed to another, and so on till I should have gone thro' the thirteen." 
"I us'd also sometimes a little Prayer which I took from Thomson's Poems. viz
     Father of Light and Life, thou Good supreme,
   O teach me what is good, teach me thy self!
   Save me from Folly, Vanity and Vice, 
   From every low Pursuit, and fill my Soul
   With Knowledge, conscious Peace, and Virtue pure,
   Sacred, substantial, neverfading bliss!"
  
Great advice for me!  I am always trying to master too many things at once and it does NOT work!
I think I will try to listen to Ben's advice!
Thanks, Ben!

*Yes, it means what you think it does!  I looked it up in the dictionary just to make sure!