Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1911-02-22
Some maximS Of
George Washington

Commerce and industry are the best
mines of a nation.
Let your heart feel Tor the Affections
and distresses Of everyone.
Ingrattude, hope, will never con-
sttute part of my character, nor finu
place in my bosom.
Labor to keep alive in your breast
that little spark OF celestial fire called
conscience.
To preserve is ones duty, and to be
silent is the best answer to calumny.
| never wish to promise more than L.
have moral certainty OF performing.
| shall never attempt to palliate my
own foibles by exposing the error of
another.
1t is a maxim with me not to ask
what. under similar circumstances, |
would not grant.
Be courteous to ALL but intimate
with few and let these be we'll tried
before you give them your confidence.
Associate with men OF good quality
ii you esteem your own reputation,
for it is better to be alone than in bad
company.
A good character is the first essen
tial in a man. 1t is, therefore, highly
important to endeavor not only to be
learned, but virtuous.
| am resolved that no misrepresenta-
tions, lalsehoods, or calumny shall
make me swerve from what | conceive
to be the first strict line of duty.
Idleness is disreputable under any
circumstances; productive of no good
even when unaccompanied by vicious
habits.
Economy in all things is as COM
mendable in the manager, as it is bene
fetal and desirable to the employer.
Rise early. that by habit 4 may b.
come familiar. agreeable, healthy, and
! profitable. 1t may for while be irk
some to do this. but it will wear off
| and the practice will produce a rich
| harvest forever thereafter, whether in
public or in private walks of life.
| Success will crown our efforts, if we
firmly and resolutely determine to con-
! quer or to die
| would therefore earnestly recon-
mend in every path of duty, willing
ness to undertake and intrepid resolu-
| ton to execute.
Nothing but harmony, honest indus
try, and frugality are necessary to
make us a great nation.
| hope | shall always possess hrn.-
ness and virtue enough to maintain
what | consider the most enviabe of
all titles, the character Of an honest
man.
My first wish is to see the whole
world in peace and the inhabitants OF
it one band of brothers, showing who
should contribute more to the happi-
ness of mankind.
The cause OF liberty and virtue Is
confined to no continent or climate
1t comprehends within its capacious
limits the wise and good, however dis
persed and separated in space or dis
lance.
The cause CT America, and of liberty
is the cause of every virtuous Ameri-
can citizen.
Think before you speak; pronounc,
not imperfectly; nor bring out your
words too hastily, but orderly and dis
tinctly.
Speak not evil of the absent. for il
is unjust.
Be courteous to all, but intimate will
; a few.
, If man cannot act in all respects
as he could wish, he must do what ap
pears best under the circumstances b
is in
Undertake not what you cannot per
form. but be careful to keep you
, promise.
There should be no North, no South
no East, no West-but a common
country.
| never say anything Of man tl1a
| have the smallest scrupie Oh sayin
to him.
Nothing will hasten peace more tina
, 70 be in a condition for war.
: The best and only safe road
: honor, glory, and true dignity, is jus