1. A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
2. It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: in that that is the end of all men, and the living taketh it to heart.
3. Vexation is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
4. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools in the house of mirth.