1 A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of one’s death than the day of one’s birth.
2 It is better to go to a house of mourningthan to go to a house of feasting,since that is the end of all mankind,and the living should take it to heart.
3 Grief is better than laughter,for when a face is sad, a heart may be glad.
4 The heart of the wise is in a house of mourning,but the heart of fools is in a house of pleasure.