Pain is easier to endure than an itch.
The palest ink is better than the best memory.
A friend is worth more than a brother.
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.
Shame lasts longer than poverty.
There are no better masters than poverty and wants.
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Character is easier kept than recovered.
No clock is more regular than the belly.
It is easier to climb down than up.
Liberty has no crueler enemy than license.
There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept.
Advising is often better than fighting.
Better a good hanging than a bad marriage.
