It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman.

A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them.

When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish.

Surely, he ate in darkness every day of his life, and he suffered greatly with sickness and anger.

You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.

For all day long his work produces pain and frustration, and even at night his mind cannot relax! This also is futile!