A man's best fortune or his worst is his wife.

More proverbs about Human Nature

• A man cannot both wive and thrive in a year. Marriage requires sustained attention and resources that conflict with building wealth or…
• Many go for wool and come back shorn. Pursuing gain from others often results in losing what you already possess through their…
• Yorkshire fashion--every man pay his share. Shared expenses divided equally among all parties, with no one shirking their portion.
• Old age is honourable. Longevity demonstrates survival through wisdom and experience, deserving respect from tho…
• Any fool can bet. Placing money on chance requires no skill, wisdom, or foresight—only recklessness.
• Child's pig, but father's bacon. A child enjoys raising the pig, but the parent bears the real costs and consequences of i…