Better to dwell in a corner of a roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
A foolish son is trouble for his father, and a quarrelsome wife is constant dripping.
It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome, worrisome wife.
It is better to live on a corner of a roof than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.