Quoting Seneca] Cornelia Kept Her In Talk Till Her Children Came From School, "and These," Said She, "are My Jewels.

Quoting Seneca] Cornelia Kept Her In Talk Till Her Children Came From School, "and These," Said She, "are My Jewels.

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[Quoting Seneca] Cornelia kept her in talk till her children came
from school, "and these," said she, "are my jewels."
-- Robert Burton (1577-1640)
-- The Anatomy of Melancholy, Part iii, Sect. 2, Memb. 2, Subsect. 3

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