A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;
as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy a person’s hope.
A foolish child is a father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.
Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife.
Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.