It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop,\par\tab Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
A foolish son is the calamity of his father;\par\tab And the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
It is better to dwell in a desert land,\par\tab Than with a contentious and fretful woman.
A worthy woman is the crown of her husband;\par\tab But she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is,\par\tab Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith,\par\tab Than a house full of feasting with strife.
The way of him that is laden with guilt is exceeding crooked;\par\tab But as for the pure, his work is right.
The soul of the wicked desireth evil:\par\tab His neighbor findeth no favor in his eyes.