Isabella Beeton Quote

The housekeeper must consider herself as the immediate representative of her mistress, and bring, to the management of the household, all those qualities of honesty, industry, and vigilance, in the same degree as if she were at the head of her own family…Cleanliness, punctuality, order, and method, are essentials in the character of a housekeeper.

Book of Cookery and Household Management (1861) ch. 2