Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, for there are plenty of others.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, and so on, are summed up in this single command: You must love your neighbor as yourself.
It behoves thee to love God wisely; and that may thou not do but if thou be wise.
First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.
If thou art master to thyself, circumstances shall harm thee little.
Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see.
Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them.
By the law of Christ, every man is bound to love his neighbour as himself; but every servant is a neighbour of every civil lord; therefore every civil lord must love any of his servants as himself; but by natural instinct, every lord abhors slavery; therefore, by the law of charity, he is bound not to impose slavery on any brother in Christ.
Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
Exhort all your household often that all those who serve you shall know to serve God and you, faithfully and painstakingly, and for the will of God to prefer in all things to do your will and pleasure in all things that are not against God.
Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.