¹³ A foolish son is the calamity of his father.
    A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.

⁹ It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop
    than to share a house with a contentious woman.

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in a desert land,
    than with a contentious and fretful woman.

²⁴ It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop
    than to share a house with a contentious woman.

¹⁵ A continual dropping on a rainy day
    and a contentious wife are alike:
¹⁶ restraining her is like restraining the wind,
    or like grasping oil in his right hand.