The word of woman’s mouth is the law of their youth; the movement of her eye commands their obedience. She speaks, and her servants take off; she points, and the thing is completed; for the law of love is in their hearts; her compassion adds wings to their feet. In prosperity she is not out [...]

Woman presides in the house and there is peace; she commands with verdict and is obeyed. She rises in the morning; she considers her affairs; and appoints to every one their appropriate business. The care of her family is her whole enjoyment; to that alone she applies her learning; and stylishness with frugality is seen [...]

Remember woman are made man’s reasonable companion, not the slave of his fervor. The end of woman’s being is not just to gratify his loose desire, but to assist him in the toils of life, to soothe him with your tenderness, and repay his care with soft endearments. Who is woman that wins the heart [...]

Consider the softness of the woman’s sex, the fragility of her frame, and be not severe to her weakness, but remember your own imperfections. In the leap of woman’s youth, in the morning of woman’s days, when the eyes of men gaze on woman with delight, and nature whispers in woman’s ear the meaning of [...]

When you find sensibility of heart joined with gentleness of manners, an expert mind with a form agreeable to your fancy, take woman home to your house, she is worthy to be your associate, your companion in life, the wife of your bosom. Cherish woman as a lucky thing sent to you from heaven; let [...]

It is essential for contentment in family life that ethnically and economically the wife should fall into line with the family of her adoption. The partnership will not function in a better way. If much of her time is deployed in clothing and ornaments, if she is enamored with her own beauty, and pleased with [...]