Better a near neighbour than a distant cousin, [110]
Better a patch than a hole, [135]
Better a poor horse than an empty stall. Better half a loaf than none at all. Better a little furniture than an empty house, [350]
Better a red face than a black heart, [283]
Better a ruined than a lost land, [39], [300]
Better a salt herring on your own table, than a fresh pike on another’s, [349]
Better a slip of the foot than the tongue, [39]
Better a sparrow in the hand than two flying, [283]
Better afield with the birds than hanging on lords, [301]