²⁴ It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic
    than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.

⁹ It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic
    than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.

¹⁹ It’s better to live alone in the desert
    than with a quarrelsome, complaining wife.

¹⁵ A quarrelsome wife is as annoying
    as constant dripping on a rainy day.
¹⁶ Stopping her complaints is like trying to stop the wind
    or trying to hold something with greased hands.

¹³ A foolish child^[a] is a calamity to a father;
    a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping.