8. a man fortunate enough to have an understanding wife,a married couple who are well-matched,a person who never speaks sinfully,a person who doesn't have to work for someone less competent than himself,
9. someone fortunate enough to have a real friend,a person that people are happy to listen to,
10. and the really great one: someone who is wise.But the greatest one of all is the person who fears the Lord.
11. Such a person has no equal, because the fear of the Lord is the most important thing in the world.
13. No wound is as serious as wounded love. No troubles are as serious as the troubles that women cause.
14. No sufferings are worse than the sufferings caused by people who hate you. No revenge is worse than revenge taken by an enemy.
15. No poison is deadlier than the poison of a snake, and no anger is deadlier than the anger of a woman.
16. I would rather live in the same house with a lion or a dragon than with a bad wife.
17. When a wife is in a bad mood, her expression changes until she looks like an angry bear.
18. Her husband has to go and eat with the neighbours, where he can't hold back his bitter sighs.
19. Compared with the troubles caused by a woman, any other trouble looks small. May such women suffer the fate of sinners!
20. A quiet man living with a nagging wife is like an old man climbing up a sandy hill.