The pitcher doth not go so often to the well, but it comes home broken at last

Better be kind at home than burn incense in a far place

Don’t stand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net

Better do a kindness near home than go far to burn incense

A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home

Seeking fish? Don’t dive in the pond; go home and get a net

If there is beauty in character, there will be harmony in the home If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation If there is order in the nation, there will be peace in the world

Abroad we judge the dress; at home we judge the man

A bride received into the home is like a horse that you have just bought; you break her in by constantly mounting her and continually beating her