"O trebly blest the placid lot of those,
Whose hearth-foundations are in pure love laid,
Where husband's breast with tempered ardor glows,
And wife, oft mother, is in heart a maid."
Sophocles.
"Note well a house that is prosperous among men, and you Will find virtue among its women folk."
"Seek not thy fellow-citizens to guide
Till thou canst order well thine own fireside."