Advice to Those Who Need It

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 24, 1872

Advice to Those Who Need It

Pay your debts as soon as you get any money in your pockets. Do without what you don’t need. Speak your mind when necessary. Hold your tongue when prudent. Speak to a friend in a seedy coat. If you can’t lend a man money tell him why. If you don’t want to, do the same. Cut any acquaintance who lacks principle. Bear with infirmities, but not vices. Respect honesty; despise duplicity. Wear your old clothes till you can pay for new ones. Aim at comfort and propriety, not fashion. Acknowledge your ignorance, and don’t pretend to knowledge you have not. Entertain your friends, but never beyond your means.