Oh, blest with temper whose unclouded ray
Can make to-morrow cheerful as to-day!
Moral Essays. Epistle ii. Line 257.
Most women have no characters at all.
Moral Essays. Epistle ii. Line 2.
She who ne'er answers till a husband cools,
Or if she rules him, never shows she rules.
Moral Essays. Epistle ii. Line 261.
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And mistress of herself though china fall.