a hateful woman when she is married, and a servant girl who displaces her mistress.
A virtuous wife is the crown of her husband, but a wife who shames him is like rottenness in his bones.
A foolish son is the ruin of his father, and the quarrels of a wife are a constant dripping.
It is better to live in the wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and angry wife.
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike;
He who pampers his servant from youth will have him as his son in the end.
a servant when he reigns, a fool when he is filled with food,
Four things on earth are little, but they are exceedingly wise: