And not to go too often to the same house.
Love tires and turns to sadness
When one sits too often at another man's table.
35. "One's own house, though small, is better,
For there thou art the master.
It makes a man's heart bleed to ask
For a midday meal at the house of another.
36. "One's own house, though small, is better;
At home thou art the master.
Two goats and a thatched roof