These were earnestly recommended by a wise and good man, and enforced by his own example. They are essentially necessary for the management of temporal concerns. These are:

1. Punctuality.

2. Accuracy.

3. Steadiness.

4. Dispatch.

Without the first, time is wasted.

Without the second, mistakes, fatal to our own interest and that of others, may be committed.

Without the third, nothing can be well done.

Without the fourth, opportunities of good are lost which it is impossible to recall.