Introduction, 486. Avoid the first occasions of discord, 487. There should be a conformity of tastes and manners, 488. The wife must prefer the society of her husband to that of all others, 488. The husband must avoid a morose, imperious behavior, 489. Let all things be managed with the consent of both parties, 489. The wife, if limited in expenses, must cheerfully submit, 490. She must not chide her husband before others, 490. She should study to reflect his character, 490. She should share his recreations and his cares, 491. If the husband takes another woman on an excursion of pleasure, let not the wife show anger, 491. The caresses of conjugal life should be proffered by the husband only, 492. A wife must have no private friendships, 492. _Meum et tuum_ must have no place in married life, 493. The petty altercations of man and wife, if of daily occurrence, render the connection insupportable, 494. The parties immediately concerned can best tell where the shoe pinches, 494. A wife wins her husband’s affection most readily by sweetness of disposition, 494. The wife should make a proper use of her mirror, 495. A woman is adorned more by discretion, humility, and modesty, than by gold or diamonds, 495. Anger and reproach should be banished from the household, 496. A wife must not be a slut, 496. She should avoid affectation and being over nice, 497. She should avoid extravagance in dress, 497. She should guard her lips in the hearing of strangers, 498. She must not attempt to control her husband, 498. The husband’s government must be that of love, 498. The wife should so gain her husband’s love as not to lessen his affection for his mother, 499. When the husband is in a passion, it is best for the wife to hold her peace, 500. Women are rarely jealous of their husbands when other women let them alone, 501. Let the husband abstain from unlawful embraces, 503. Let him respect and honor his wife, 504. Concluding counsels 505-507. INDEX PLUTARCH’S MORALS. PLUTARCH’S MORALS. VOL. II. THE BANQUET OF THE SEVEN WISE MEN. THE SEVEN,—SOLON, BIAS, THALES, ANACHARSIS, CLEOBULUS, PITTACUS, CHILO.[1] NILOXENUS, EUMETIS, ALEXIDEMUS, PERIANDER, ARDALUS, ESOP, CLEODEMUS, MNESIPHILUS, CHERSIAS, GORGIAS, DIOCLES. DIOCLES TO NICARCHUS.