Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.

He who loves a quarrel loves sin; he who builds a high gate invites destruction.

Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife.

These are the words of the wisest guy there ever was on earth, besides Jesus. People seem to take proverbs so lightly, but if the person who wrote these, (even if he did turn away from God later on,) was the wisest guy on the planet, it seems we should take his words pretty seriously, and apply them to life.