Control Your Tongue, Stay Home, & Weep

'Uqbah bin 'Amir (radhiAllaahu 'anhu) said: 

I asked the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam), "How can salvation be achieved?'' He replied, "Control your tongue, keep to your house, and weep over your sins.'' 

[Tirmidhi]