(_By a strong-minded Married Woman_)
Always provide for everything beforehand. As things are sure to turn out
differently from what you have arranged, this will familiarise you with
disappointment.
Always go back upon a mistake or a misfortune, and so take the
opportunity of proving how much better things would have been if
something had been done that hasn't.
Never give way in trifles, as there is no saying how soon you may be
called upon to give way in matters of more importance.
A mistress may talk _at_ her servants, but should never lower herself so
far as to talk _to_ them.
Never dress for your husband, which will teach him to value you for your
gifts of mind, not your attractions of person.
Never give expression to your affections, as there is no saying how
soon they may alter, and you may thus be guilty of great inconsistency.
Never consult the taste of your husband, or he will in time come to look
on his house as a club, where all is comfort and self-indulgence.
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