Compare the Proverbs 21:9 note.

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop. —See above on Proverbs 21:9.

[It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than
with a brawling woman and in a wide house.] (See Gil…

It is better to be alone than to be joined to one who is a hindrance to the comfort of life.