George Washington's Rules of Civility Traced to their Sources and Restored by Moncure D. Conway
Chapter vii. 5. Ne vous rendez point morne & de fâcheux abord; mais
affable & prompt à rendre de bons offices, & soyez toûjours le premier à saluër. Entendez bien ce que l'on vous dit & y respondez; Ne vous retirez point à l'écart, quand le deuoir vous engage à la conversation.
Do not be glum and unfriendly of approach; but affable, prompt in rendering kind offices, and always the first to salute. Listen carefully to what is said and respond; do not keep aloof when duty requires you to take a share in the conversation.
67th. Detract not from others neither be excessive in Commending.