Great business is good; to sit and sip this glass is better.
It is better to be a bull for a year than a cow for a hundred years.
Better a lie which heals than a truth which wounds.
It is better not to begin than, having begun, leave unfinished.
Better a bite from a friend than a caress from an enemy.
A penny saved is better than a florin earned.
Better have a dog for your friend than your enemy.
Better once in heaven than ten times at the gate.
Better bread in the basket than a feather in your cap.
Better a good conscience without wisdom than wisdom without a good conscience.
Better ask twice than go wrong once.
Better one living word than a hundred dead ones.
There are no bad beers; some kinds are better than others.
When the ear does not hear the eye will see better.
Better be a cursed man than he who curses.
Better dry bread in peacetime than meat in wartime.
Better an honest smack in the face than a false kiss.
It is better to wear out one's shoes than one's sheets.
Better to wash an old kimono than borrow a new one.
Better to lose a little money than a little friendship.
Better an apple pie than apple blossom.
