Regency Culture and Society: 10 Maxims for Conduct in Life (3)

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We presented the first 10 Maxims here. And the next 11 here.  As we wrap up April, we thought we would share another 10 Maxims from A Treatise on Politeness, etc (1813) authored by A Lady:
22 Receive your friends and relatives with smiles and kindness if otherwise you ex clude from your meeting all the pleasure that should attend it 23 Bestow your confidence only on those who are distinguished by their merit their understanding and their probity consider such as the only stars fit to enlighten the darkness in which the revolutions of the world may involve you 24 Modesty in your conversation your equipages furniture & c will prove that your mind is modest moderate and well regulated 25 Unworthiness frequently consists less in what is displayed than in what is concealed

be aware of this and trust not too much to appearances soon or late they will betray you and shew you for what you are 26 The possession of riches bestows not the peace which results from not desiring them yet there is nothing more difficult to attain than contempt of riches unless we draw our arguments from the precepts of Christianity 27 Tis not birth riches nor station that will make you respectable in the world but the use you make of them 28 The most inveterate enemy may be won by kindness and good offices but the more you indulge your passions the more they will enslave you 29 Every thing in life is fortuitous death
alone is certain yet we act as if that were the only thing doubtful 30 When young live as if you were old that you may never repent that you were young 1 Gaming and luxury are the two great sources of misery to the world

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