The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-07-27
DUNfs' GOLDEN RULES,
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, If you need to sleep; get up as
500 as you wake; work as soon as you
get up; eat only when you are hungry,
and drink only when you arc thirsty
and eat and drink always slowly.
Never speak except when II is neces-
sary. and never say more than hail OF
what you think. Never write anything
that you cannot sign. and never do any
thing that you cannot avow. Never Tor
get that others will count upon you, ana
that you must never count upon thcH
Value money at its real worth, neither
more nor less. 1t is a good servant, Dut
a bad master
Keep away from women until you are
twenty, and avoid them when YOU are
forty. Never attempt to produce any
thing without a thorough understanding
Of that which you undertake. ana de-
strOy as little as possible. Pardon every
body beforehand. 10 be on the sale size.
DO not dcspise men; do not hate them,
and do not laugh at them beyond meas
ure. Pity them.
Think of death every morning when
you see the light, and every evening on
the approach Of darkness. When YOUR
sufferings are great, look your grief IN
the face. II will console you Itself ahi
I, ach you something. Try to be SIM
pie. to become useful. 20 remain free
and before denying God. wait until sofie-
body proves 10 you that He does not eN-
list.
For man and for a woman there Is
a succession Of duties TO be fulfilled
which enables them 10 look always ahead
and to become accustomed % the absence
OF the objects of their most dear aitec-
tions. The world would finish too quick
~ II the first child was not able 10 sur
vive the death Of the first mother.
"AIisfortunes and trials attack noble
souls without hurting them. They are
like the rocks OF granite that the sea
covers in times Of tempest with It's lh-
rious waves. fancying that II Is drowning
them, while IT Is merely washing tneh'
so that they reappear again IN the sun
light more polished and more shining
than ever. Adversely embellishes those
that IL cannot cast down. BY the law
of nature a man should have many child
rem. He should raise them well, so tnat
they may be useful and he should love
them so that they may be nap
DIV. To get married when
man is young Is healthy; 10
choose. in no matter what class. good,
honest girl; 10 love her with all his heart
and soul, and 10 make her rehaoie
companion and a prolific mother 10 work
TO raise mis- children. and 10 leave them
when dying, the example or MS ne
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 nave
the right to consider themselves the SUI
periors Of others TO whom the knowledge
that they are superior is denied. Tai
eut. and especially its higher form called
genius. IS involuntary. IL is not the re-
suit of the efforts OF man; II Is, Ike
beauty. the gift of God. that is why il Is
OF secondary order; and posterity Will only
remember it for its virtue. It's sincerity
and its communion I'm universal progress.
Glory for glory's sake Is a shameiul
speculation. ,
ty are simpletOns. the men VINO are
proud of their genius are fools.
..rhere is one thing that is especially
beautiful in great and pure affections
and that is that, after the pleasure when
they afford has passed away, there re-
mains the happiness Of their recollection.
every often an unexpected grief or an
unmerited misfortune gives TO man an
energy and perseverance which ne
could never find in happiness. And after
such trials a man often becomes superior
who would have remained simple anu
vulgar If he had always been happy.
"He who is without energy when young
will never have ii. Grit IS not winter
fruit: it never grows In the snow.
zone may expect every thing from
man OF energy to whom misfortune mas
given courage and ambition. "-Alexandre
Dumas fills in the Figaro.