¹ Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, Than a house full of feasting with strife.

¹⁷ Better is a dinner of herbs, where love is, Than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

⁹ It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.

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

¹⁶ Better is a little that the righteous hath Than the abundance of many wicked.