The King James Version Bible

Ecclesiastes 7:1-3

  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: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

  3. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.