Better lie than gossip.
Credit is better than wealth.
A lock is better than suspicion.
Better be quarrelling than lonesome.
It is better to exist unknown to the law.
Strife is better than loneliness.
It is better to be ignorant than mistaken.
Virtue is better than wealth.
Better in the grave than be a slave.
Seeing is better than hearing.
Better bend than break.
It is better to be loved than feared.
Better be a fool than a knave.
Better be envied than pitied.
Better be safe than sorry.
Doing is better than saying.
Persuasion is better than force.
Sleep is better than medicine.
Cunning is better than force.
Better warn than be warned.
We all do better when we all do better.
