Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-07-30
DuMAs's G0LDEN RULES.
The Authors Prescription for
Health, Wealth. and Wisdom.

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walk two hours every day. sleep
seven hours every night; go TO bed alwal
alone. If YOU need 90 sleep. get cp a'
soon as you wake; work as soon as you
get up: eat only when you are hunSy.
and drink only when you are tnirsly ann
eat and drink always slowly.
Never speak exc 30 when II o. ntl.s-
sary. and never say more Than hIi OF
what you think. Never NIte any tl.hb
that YOU cannot sign. and never do any
thing that You cannot ut0W. N"F'r I't-
get that others VIII count upon you, ann
that you must never count upon them.
Value money AT rs real worth. neither
more nor Jess. II IS good servant, bp1
a bad master.
without thorough understanding ot ilAi
which you undertake. and destroy a. llt-
tie as possible. Pardon everybody before
hand 10 be on the safe SIDE. DO n
desp.se men, dp rot hate them, ana 90
not laugh az them beyond measure. Ply
"Think of death every morning. when
you see the light. and every evening on
the approach or darkness. NLgA your
sufferlngs are great look your grlef 10 me
face: 10 will console you itself ana tcJrh
YOU s9methIng Try % be simple. e. n'-
CONF useful. to remain free and before
denying God wait until somebody prov
10 YOU that He does not exist
For a man and Tor "a woman Their 3
a succession OF duties % De fulfilled when
enables them 20 look always ahead ana o.
become accustomed tO the absence OF lN'
objects Of their most dear affections. The
world would finish too quickly II ~
first child was not able 10 survive inc
death of the first mother
"Alsf0rtunes and trials attack noble
souls without hurting them. Ihey are
Ike the rocks OF granite tnat me sen
covers I'D times Of tempest with ms FURIOUS
waves. faucyiug that it IS drowning q. m,
while 10 is merely washing them, SD that
they reappe9r again IN the sunusht more
polished and more shining than ever.
Adversely embeliiShas those that n cii-
not cast down. I}y tire law " nature
"A man should have many children re
should raise them well, $50 mat tlry map
be- useful: and be- should l.Fe them, so
that they may b. happy. To get W1rflDi
when a man IS young Is healthy, % choose.
in no matter what the class, good, h0n-
est giri. 10 love her with aN nus hettt
and soul. and 30 make her reliable COM
pani0n and prolific mother. io Work I'd
dying the example " his ilto-that .s me
true meaning and object ~ liie' the resi-
ls only error. crime or folly.
"In truth. the average man ls only ABOVE
ambient humanity on one single pane
yirtre-and us there can De no F.ifu.
Without humility. those alone have the
right 20 consider themselves the sipefi1r5
Of others % whom the kn1Wl ira tndi
they are superior Is denied. Talent ANA
especially its higher form called genius.
is involuntary. II is not the result or
the efforts of man. it g.. ike beauty, inc
gIft of God. That is why u is OF secondary
order. and IOsterity VIII only rem, 1iNrf
&c for It's virtue. us sincerity, ana it+ c..n-
muni0n I'm universal progress ii.rH Tor
glory's sake is 70 shameful speculation.
"rhe men who rejoice il their celebrity
are simpletons; The men who are proud OF
their e'a.us age FOOLS ......,..,t..