The Vanity of the Youth here in the Fable, is doubly to Blame; First, he
Values himself upon a Trivial and an Uncertain Advantage. Secondly, ’Tis
below the Dignity of the Sex, for a Man to Glory in, and to Usurp upon
the proper Ornaments and Privileges of a Woman. The Sister’s Envy may be
better Reprov’d then Reform’d; for to say that a Woman is not Handsome,
is a Sin never to be Forgiven. The Father does excellently well Discharge
the Part of a Wise Man, and of a Tender Parent both in One. And the Moral
of his Part Resolves finally into this, That Virtue attones for Bodily
Defects, and that Beauty is nothing worth, without a Mind Answerable to
the Person.