6. Read no letters, books or papers in company, unless there is
necessity for doing it, and then ask leave. Come not near the books or
writings of any one, so as to read them, unless desired; nor give your
opinion of them unasked: also look not nigh when another is writing a
letter.
7. Let your countenance be pleasant, but in serious matters somewhat
grave.
8. Show not yourself glad at the misfortunes of another, though he were
your enemy.
9. When you meet a superior at a door or in a narrow passage, give way
for him to pass.
10. They that are in dignity, or in office, have in all places the
precedency.
11. It is good manners to prefer those to whom we speak before
ourselves; especially if they be above us, with whom we ought not to
begin.