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"It is the duty of the householder not to pay reverence to the wicked; because, if he reverences the wicked' people of the world, he patronises wickedness; and it will be a great mistake if he disregards those who are worthy of respect, the good people. He must not be gushing in his friendships ; he must not go out making friends everywhere; he' must watch actions of the men he wants to make friends with, and their dealings with other men, reason upon them, and then make friends.
"These three things he must not talk of. He must not talk in public of his own fame; he must not preach his own name or his own powers; þe must not talk of his wealth, or of anything that has been mentioned to him privately.
"If he has committed some mistake, and if he has engaged himself in a work which is sure to fail, whether big or small, he must not talk of these things, or make them public.” What is the use of talking of one's mistakes to the world? They cannot be undone. For what he has done
