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3. "Order. Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its
time."
4. "Resolution. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you
resolve."
5. "Frugality. Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i.e., waste
nothing."
6. "Industry. Lose no time; be always employ'd in something useful; cut off all
unnecessary actions."
7. "Sincerity. Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak,
speak accordingly."
8. "Justice. Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your
duty."
9. "Moderation. Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they
deserve."
10. "Cleanliness. Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, cloaths, or habitation."
11. "Tranquility. Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable."
12. "Chastity. Rarely use venery but for health or offspring, never to dullness,
weakness, or the injury of your own or another's peace or reputation."
13. "Humility. Imitate Jesus and Socrates."

Franklin did not try to work on them all at once. Instead, he would work on one and only
one each week "leaving all others to their ordinary chance."
[Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin#Thirteen_Virtues]

Franklin’s rather flippant statement that he would only work on one virtue each week, while
neglecting the others, reveals his absence of regard for the holiness and justice of God. At
the age of 24 Franklin publicly acknowledged an illegitimate son named William. Franklin
was renowned for his lack of sexual scruples when residing in France as Ambassador for
America during the war, but perhaps the most disturbing evidence of an embrace of sexual
profligacy was his membership in the Hellfire Club in England in the years preceding the
revolution.

Hellfire Club Entrance