Seek to be good but aim not to be great:
A woman's noblest station is retreat:
Her fairest virtues fly from public sight,
Domestic worth, that shuns too strong a light.
The attitude of the prudent wife towards her husband is also indicated:
From kind concern about his weal or woe,
Let each domestic duty seem to flow,
The household sceptre if he bids you bear,
Make it your pride his servant to appear;