Benjamin Franklin by Walter Isaacsonby Parker on TwosHis 12 virtuesTemperance: eat not to dullness, drink not to elevationSilence: speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversationOrder: let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its timeResolution: resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolveFrugality: make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; (I.e., waste nothing)Industry: lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actionsSincerity: use no hurtful deceit, think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordinglyJustice: wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your dutyModeration: avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserveCleanliness: tolerate no uncleanliness in body, clothes, or habitationTranquility: be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidableChastity: rarely use veneer but for health or offspring, never to fullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another’s peace or reputationHumility: imitate Jesus and Socrates