Quotes About Relationships

Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.

He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.

Do not make friends with an angry man, and do not associate with a hot-tempered man,

When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,

Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;

for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

The father of a righteous man will greatly rejoice, and he who fathers a wise son will delight in him.

For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.

An honest answer given is like a kiss on the lips.

Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

for it is better that he says to you, “Come up here!” than that you should be demoted in the presence of the prince. Even what you have seen with your own eyes,

Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying anotherís confidence,

Seldom set foot in your neighborís house, lest he grow weary and hate you.

As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.

Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”

Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.

Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?