The Stoics cautioned us to keep our philosophical precepts few and simple, as we might have to refer to them at a moment's notice.

I suppose that simple precept from that old foreman stood me in good stead for thirty odd years, until now.

In working on them, I was greatly helped by two simple precepts.

Charity would never have accepted simple precepts from anyone else.

Cotter and Lindsay were determined to stay with the auction, trusting to one simple precept: The competition would yield a higher sale price.

What follows are some simple precepts for Next Level sports viewership.

JUST take note of what's hot and what's not - that is the simple precept behind the trading of specialized stock funds.

"If politicians could only grasp this simple precept," he thinks, "the world would be a much more peaceful place."

I have always considered drama training to be based on simple precepts, for acting is not a complicated art.

Time and again, she would turn to simple, homely precepts drawn from the grocer's shop in Grantham, embellished with strongly held views about human nature.