Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher’s sake.

The couplet observes how persuasion often works less through doctrine than through the attractiveness of the person delivering it. “True converts” are made not by the intrinsic force of “precepts” (moral or religious teachings) but by the charm of the “teacher,” suggesting that affection, desire, or social charisma can motivate belief and obedience. The line carries a satiric edge typical of Restoration and early eighteenth-century comedy: it exposes the self-interest and emotional bias that can underlie supposedly principled commitments. More broadly, it comments on the psychology of influence—how authority and appeal can make ideas seem lovable, and how admiration for a person can be mistaken for conviction about their principles.