Yes, be she, your wife, beautiful But if she came into the world stupid, Living with her is a torment, like a deaf mare...
The roof with a hole is not a bathroom - It's a blessing to have a juniper wife!
Three smiles rule the world, They are called: Pism, Jealousy, Malice.
Man has a small tongue, but how many lives he could break! - Because the habit is in his blood: Gossip, intrigue and rumor.
The widower, in his old age, does not feel like courting or marrying.
Nature even when you drive it out It doesn't come in through the door, but through the window! This nature in our flesh From birth the Lord planted it: Therefore, until death, to woman Draws the male being. Otherwise, the human Race would not have continued in the world! With kindness and comfort, You can change a man.
This is how the world has been going for a long time: He who is stupid, pulls towards destruction!
Weak woman - bad poison, Good woman - joy. When the husband is honest, the woman will follow him in everything.
When you fear - act bravely, and you will avert greater misfortunes.
When you have chosen the right path, let Conscience be your right judge!
Let's keep the peace not by shedding blood, but with friendship and love to defend it.
You don't have to believe without evidence, In everything you use without seeing.
This is how the world has known since time immemorial: if you've been burned, stay away from fire.
Is working! The world will not be a paradise For those who want a life in the garden.
And whoever does not behave cleanly in eating and drinking, as in everything else, and whoever steals or exceeds the measure or cheats, these things not being pleasing to God, he, for all this, will answer before the Last Judgment.
It behooves a woman to be most careful of evil things: not to slander the servants with false words and not to harbor enmity against them, and not to tell the gossip of the house to the man, and not to add or invent anything, but to say all as they are.
In monasteries and hospitals, in deserts and dungeons, visit the imprisoned, and show them, according to your power, your kindness, and, finding their misery and sorrow and various needs, help them as much as you can; and do not drive away the sick and the poor, the needy and the poor, but take them to your home and give them to drink and eat, warm them and clothe them with love and a clean soul. And honor the memory of your dead parents: give alms in the church and feed the hungry at your home, because in this way you yourself will receive from God's mercy.
All work and all work must be accompanied by prayer and clean words or done in complete silence, because if during the work pointless or dirty words will be said, or if the worker will begin to scold, or laugh, or, worse, to profane with speech, or to sing indecent songs, from this work the Lord turns away and all the work, drink or food, will be done badly, not to the praise of the Lord, nor to the benefit and livelihood of people, and the food and the drink they will be devoid of taste and sweetness, and only the devil and his minions will be pleased and happy.
Children, obey the commandments of the Lord: love your father and your mother, and obey them and obey them in everything. Honor old age and weakness, and sadness, and sickness, and soothe their sufferings with all your heart. And if anyone speaks evil of you or offends his parents, or if he curses and curses them, he sins before God and is cursed before men. And if anyone beats his father or mother, he must be expelled from the church and given to the authorities for severe punishment, even to death. And he who eases his mother's life and pleases his father, he will be happy. The father's blessing strengthens the house and the mother's prayer protects from any misfortune.
If God gives you a good wife, she is more precious than jewels and she does everything for her husband's good. And as a ship that carries a multitude of goods, so this also gathers up wealth within itself. And he wakes up at night to give his servants work, and he does not hesitate to do all kinds of work with his own hands. And she teaches the children, and the servants, and her candle does not go out all night. The worthy wife lays her hand on useful things, and with her kindness touches the sick and the poor, and gives food to the beggars. And the husband who has such a wife does not worry about the house, because she makes the husband and herself, and the children, and everyone in the house, various wonderful garments, she covers her husband, makes his life long, and- it fills his life with joy, bringing him respect. The wife who is honest with her husband will be, first of all, blessed, because she fulfills the commandment of God and secondly, she is worthy of the praise of men. But you yourself must remember your wife and children, and teach the servants of your house: not to steal, not to lie, not to gossip, not to backbite, not to offend, not to speak impolitely, do not desire the good of another, do not judge anyone, do not get drunk, do not make fun of those close to you, do not hold enmity, do not be angry with anyone, be submissive and obedient to the elders, with the important ones should be loving, and the smaller ones and the sick should be treated politely and kindly. Do not offend the hired worker in the house, and endure the offense done to you, and do not be angry with slander and reproach. And teach all in your house the fear of God and all the virtues, and do the same yourself.
Great sorrows are silent: they are not expressed through tears.
Movement can, by its effect, replace any cure, but all the cures in the world put together cannot replace the effect of movement.
As lightning, shining, heralds a thunder, So mercy is a message of love.
A master of slander accuses even as he spreads praise.
The anticipation of calamity is the greatest calamity, greater even than calamity itself.
Where the rose reigns no rays of genius shine, there is no longing for fame and immortality, there not even the idea of virtue, not even the appearance of it, arises.
You don't escape poverty either by cutting leaves from the dogs, or by being lazy.
There are people whose knowledge of Latin does not prevent them from being donkeys.
There is no place for happiness in cowardly souls.
In the life of heroes there is a limit of happiness and fame at which they must stop; if they go further, they will bring misery and contempt.