Better have one bee than a host of flies, [96]

Better have something yourself than beg of your sister, [350]

Better have to give than have to beg, [283]

Better in an old carriage than in a new ship, [350]

Better is a leap over the ditch than the entreaties of good men, [282]

Better is an enemy to good, [102], [136]

Better is better, [135]

Better is my neighbour’s hen than mine, [283]

Better is rule than rent, [231]

Better is the branch that bends, than the branch that breaks, [350]