Take time as it comes, the wind as it blows, woman as she is.

The aphorism urges a posture of acceptance toward forces that resist control: time’s unfolding, the wind’s changeability, and (in the period’s gendered idiom) the perceived complexity of women’s character. Its parallel structure (“as it comes… as it blows… as she is”) frames wisdom as adapting to reality rather than demanding it conform to desire. Read critically, the final clause reflects a 19th‑century masculine viewpoint that treats “woman” as a generalized type; the line can be taken either as pragmatic counsel about human relationships or as a revealing artifact of its era’s stereotypes. In either case, the quote’s force lies in its call to relinquish futile mastery and meet circumstances—and people—on their own terms.