Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.
Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter.
Neatness - which is grooming, after all - is definitely the most important requirement.
I'm terribly fastidious. I like symmetry and neatness, but my house is as chaotic as any other family's.
Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.