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Dr. Benjamin Franklin's 13 Virtues

The book, Wealth Virtues by James Ward of Poor Richard Web Press outlines the practice of Dr. Franklin's virtues as they apply to achieving wealth using the Cycle of Positive Wealth (Wisdom, Intelligence, Planning, Action, Investing, Inflow, and Credit).

1. TEMPERANCE:
   Eat not to dullness, 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 it's
   time.

4. RESOLUTION:
   Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.

5. FRUGALITY:
   Make no expense 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 extremes; forebear resenting injuries so much as you think they
   deserve.

10. CLEANLINESS:
    Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, clothes, or habitation.

11. TRANQUILITY:
    Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.

12. CHASTITY:
    Rarely use venery but for health or offspring, never to dullness, weakness,
    or the injury of your own or another's peace or reputation.

13. HUMILITY:
    Imitate Jesus and Socrates