This advice from Good Housekeeping published in 1886 imparts wisdom on various aspects of life. It emphasizes the importance of generosity, self-control, and the pursuit of goodness. It also touches on the idea that material wealth doesn’t necessarily lead to richness of character, and that actions speak louder than words.

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Advice from Good Housekeeping published in 1886.

• The wealthiest miser is the poorest of all men.
• When a man’s coat is threadbare it is easy to pick a hole in it.
• He who can suppress a moment’s anger may prevent a day of sorrow.
• A hungry man doesn’t throw bread out of the window because it isn’t pie.
• Youth studies most how best to live, old age studies most how best to die.
• A dollar decreases in size in the same ratio that a man’s heart gets bigger.
• The best men and women are too busy doing good to have time to tell about it.
• An open mind, an open hand and an open heart will find everywhere an open door.
• Too many men are born with their mouths open who never afterwards learn to keep them closed.