“Always and everywhere, modesty has been the first female virtue. The ancients thought that that woman was perfect, about whom people say neither bad nor good: for home life (they said) is, according to the law of Nature, the sanctuary of her virtues, impenetrable to the eyes of the curious: she shines with both beauty and courtesy; in it he cares for his wife and children; in it he delights the heart of the first and forms the young soul of the latter...” The work is given in the pre-reform alphabet.