The brash unbridled tongue, the lawless folly of fools, will end in pain. But the life of wise content is blest with quietness, escapes the storm and keeps its house secure.
Lady, the sun's light to our eyes is dear, And fair the tranquil reaches of the sea, And flowery earth in May, and bounding waters; And so right many fair things I might praise; Yet nothing is so radiant and so fair As for souls childless, with desire sore-smitten, To see the light of babes about the house.
Greatness brings no profit to people. God indeed, when in anger, brings greater ruin to great mens houses.
Happy is it to place a daughter; yet it pains a father's heart when he delivers to another's house a child, the object of his tender care.
Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.
A wise man in his house should find a wife gentle and courteous, or no wife at all.
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