Better be a coward than foolhardy, [38]
Better be a free bird than a captive king, [349]
Better be carried by an ass than thrown by a horse, [300]
Better be convinced by words than by blows, [358]
Better be envied than pitied, [27], [38], [96], [300]
Better be killed by robbers than by the kick of an ass, [266]
Better be mad with all the world than wise alone, [26]
Better be one-eyed than quite blind, [283]
Better be silent than talk ill, [281]
Better be the head of a cat than the tail of a lion, [96]