[It is] better to dwell in a wilderness than with a quarrelsome and talkative and passionate woman.

A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, but as a worm in wood, so a bad woman destroys her husband.

A foolish son is a disgrace to his father; vows [paid out] of the hire of a harlot are not pure.

[It is] better to dwell on a corner of the roof, than with a railing woman in an open house.

On a stormy day drops of rain drive a man out of his house, so also does a railing woman [drive a man] out of his own house.

The north wind is sharp, but it is called by name propitious.

Better is an entertainment of herbs with friendliness and kindness, than a feast of calves, with enmity.

Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace, than a house [full] of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with strife.