Better cross an angry man than a fasting man, [358]

Better deny at once than promise long, [350]

Better deserve honour and not have it, than have it and not deserve it, [282]

Better envy than pity, [159]

Better fall from the window than the roof, [96]

Better fed than taught, [38]

Better free in a foreign land than a serf at home, [135]

Better gain in mud than lose in gold, [121], [281]

Better give nothing than stolen alms, [136]