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• A bad wife is a badly fitting ox-yoke, trying to master her is like grasping a scorpion. (Ecclesiasticus 26, 7)

• A drunken wife will goad anyone to fury, she cannot conceal her own degradation. (Ecclesiasticus 26, 8)

• Keep a headstrong daughter under firm control, or, feeling free, she will take advantage of it. (Ecclesiasticus 26, 10)

• The grace of a wife will charm her husband, her understanding will make him the stronger. (Ecclesiasticus 26, 13)

• A silent wife is a gift from the Lord, no price can be put on a well-trained character. (Ecclesiasticus 26, 14)

• A modest wife is a boon twice over, a chaste character cannot be over-valued. (Ecclesiasticus 26, 15)

• Like the sun rising over the mountains of the Lord, such is the beauty of a good wife in a well-run house. (Ecclesiasticus 26, 16)

• Whoever does not firmly hold to the fear of the Lord, his house will soon be overthrown. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 3)

• In a shaken sieve the rubbish is left behind, so too the defects of a person appear in speech. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 4)

• The orchard where the tree grows is judged by its fruit, similarly words betray what a person feels. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 6)

• If you pursue virtue, you will attain it and put it on like a festal gown. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 8)

• A betrayer of secrets forfeits all trust and will never find the kind of friend he wants. (Ecclesiasticus 27, 16)