Benjamin Franklin, an American statesman, writer and scientist, once established 13 principles for himself:
To help myself live without fault, I made a list of what I considered the 13 virtues. These virtues are: 1) temperance, 2) self-control, 3) silence, 4) order, 5) firmness , 6)savings, 7)industry, 8)honesty, 9)justice, 10)cleanliness, 11)calmness, 12)morality, 13)humbleness.
His word have been translated as follows.
为了使自己生活不犯错误，特制定出我认为可行的十三条守则，这些守则是：节制饮食，自我克制，沉默寡言，有条不紊，坚定信念，勤俭节约，工作勤奋，忠诚老实，办事公正，衣履整洁，平心静气，品行高尚，谦虚恭顺。
