Ant. I hear you.
Mag. Is it becoming a German Woman to learn to speak French.
Ant. Yes it is.
Mag. Why is it?
Ant. Because then she will be able to converse with those that speak French.
Mag. And why then is it unbecoming in me to learn Latin, that I may be able daily to have Conversation with so many eloquent, learned and wise Authors, and faithful Counsellors?
Ant. Books destroy Women's Brains, who have little enough of themselves.
Mag. What Quantity of Brains you have left I cannot tell: And as for myself, let me have never so little, I had rather spend them in Study, than in Prayers mumbled over without the Heart going along with them, or sitting whole Nights in quaffing off Bumpers.
Ant. Bookishness makes Folks mad.
Mag. And does not the Rattle of your Pot-Companions, your Banterers, and Drolls, make you mad?