Better to be a dog in peacetime that a man in wartime.
The palest ink is better than the best memory.
Better a mistake at the beginning than at the end.
The branch is seldom better than the stem.
Better a leg broken than the neck.
Better a ruined than a lost land.
Better keep peace than make peace.
It's better that the bakers are on horseback than the doctors.
No better masters than poverty and want.
There are no better masters than poverty and wants.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Advising is often better than fighting.
Better a good hanging than a bad marriage.
The better the fruit, the more wasps to eat it.
In the young, silence is better than speech.
A fast is better than a bad meal.
Better to lose the wool than the sheep.
It is better to lose the saddle than the horse.
It is better to refuse than to accept and not to go.
An iron peace is better than a golden war.
Better to be paying the baker than the chemist.
