Читаю шумерские пословицы. Тысячелетия идут, некоторые вещи не меняются.

A malicious wife living in the house is worse than all diseases.
For his pleasure he got married. On his thinking it over he got divorced.
He has not yet caught the fox but he is already making a neck-stock for it.
Keep your feet on the ground!
и многое другое.