If y'all don't mind a bit of thread creep, this TFTD reminds of the old Irish triads (a form of proverb):

Three things to be distrusted:
A cow's horn,
A dog's tooth,
And a horse's hoof.

Three disagreeable things at home:
A scolding wife,
A squalling child,
And a smoky chimney.

The three finest sights in the world:
A field of ripe wheat,
A ship in full sail,
And the wife of a MacDonnell with child.

The three sharpest things on earth:
A hen's eye after a grain,
A blacksmith's eye after a nail,
And an old woman's eye after her son's wife.

Three things whose beauty does not last:
A house on a hill,
A white horse,
A fine woman.

-- Áine