²³     a bitter woman who finally gets a husband,
    a servant girl who supplants her mistress.

¹⁵ A quarrelsome wife is as annoying
    as constant dripping on a rainy day.

²¹ A servant pampered from childhood
    will become a rebel.

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

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

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