an unloved woman when she marries, and a servant girl when she ousts her queen.
For an odious woman when she is married; And an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
An unloved and repugnant woman when she is married, and a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.
For an odious woman when she is married; And a handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
at a detested woman when she gets married and a female servant when she replaces her mistress.
by a hateful woman when she has been taken in matrimony, and by a handmaid when she has been heir to her mistress.
By an odious woman when she is married: and by a bondwoman when she is heir to her mistress.
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a wife who causes shame is like rottenness in his bones.
A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.
Better to live in a wilderness than with a nagging and hot-tempered wife.
Better to live on the corner of a roof than to share a house with a nagging wife.
An endless dripping on a rainy day and a nagging wife are alike;
A servant pampered from his youth will become arrogant later on.
a servant when he becomes king, a fool when he is stuffed with food,
Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise: