The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1895-11-14
DUMAs's GOLDEN RULE.
The Authors Prescription for Health
Wealth, and Wisdom.

Wealth, and Wisdom
walk two hours every day; sleep
seven hours every night; go to bed
always alone, il you need to sleep;
get up as soon as you wake; work
as soon as you get up; eat only when
you are hungry, and drink only when
you are thirsty; and eat and drink
always slowly.
"Never speak except when it is
necessary, and never say more than
half of what you think. Never write
anything that you cannot sign, and
never do anything that you cannot
avow, Never forget that others will
count upon you, and that you must
never count upon them. Value
money at its real worth, neither
more nor less. 1t is good servant,
but bad master
"Keep away from women until
you are 20, and avoid them when
you are 40. Never attempt to pro-
duce anything without a thorough
understanding of that which you
undertake, and destroy as little as
possible. Pardon everybody before
hand, to be on the safe side. Do not
despise men; do not hate them, and
do not laugh at them beyond meas
ure. Pity them.
"Think of death every morning
when you see light, and every even
ing on the approach of darkness.
When your sufferings are great look
your grief in the face, it will console
you itself and teach you something.
Try to be simple, to become useful,
to remain free, and before denying
God wait until somebody proves to
you that He does not exist.
"For man and for woman there
is succession of duties to be full.
filed which enables them to look
always ahead and to become accus-
toned to the absence of the objects
of their most dear affections. The
world would finish too quickly if the
first child was not able to survive
the death of the first mother.
"Misfortunes and trials attack
noble souls without hurting them
They are like the rocks of granite
that the sea covers in times of tenn
pest with its furious waves, fancying
that it is drowning them, while it is
merely washing them, so that they
reappear again in the sunlight more
polished and more shining than
ever. Adversely ombollishes those
that it cannot cast down. By law
of nature a man should have many
children. He should raise them
well, SO that they may be useful;
and he should love them so that
they may be happy. To get mar
ried when a man is young is healthy;
to choose, in no matter what class, a
good, honest girl; to love her with
all his heart and soul, and to make
her a reliable companion and
prolific mother; to work to raise his
children, and to leave them when
dying the example Of his life-that
is the true meaning and object of
life; the rest is only error, crime, or
folly.
"In truth the average man is only
above ambient humanity on one
single plane, virtue; and, as there
can be no virtue without humility,
those alone have the right to CON
slider themselves the superiors of
others to whom the knowledge that
they are superior is denied. Talent,
and especially its higher form called
genius, is involuntary. 1t is not the
result of the efforts OF man; it is,
like beauty, the gift of God. That
is why it is of secondary order; and
posterity will only remember it for
its virtue, it's sincerity, and its COM
munion in universal progress. Glory
for glory's sake is shameful specu-
lation.
"The men who rejoice in their
celebrity are simpletons; the men
who are proud of their genius are
fools.
"There is one thing that is especi-