TO EQUALS.
Be kind, pleasant, and loving, not cross, nor churlish, to your equals; and in thus behavingyourselves, all persons will naturally desire your familiar acquaintance; every one will be ready and willing, upon opportunity, to assist you.
Your friends will be then all those who know you, and observe the excellence and sweetness of your deportment. This practice, also, by inducing a habit of obliging, will fit you for converse and society, and facilitateand assist your dealing with men in riper years.