1A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth.
2It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.
3Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.
4The hearts of the wise are in the house of weeping; but the hearts of the foolish are in the house of joy.
5It is better to take note of the protest of the wise, than for a man to give ear to the song of the foolish.
6Like the cracking of thorns under a pot, so is the laugh of a foolish man; and this again is to no purpose.
7The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.
