21:007:002 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
21:007:003 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
21:007:004 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
21:007:005 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
21:007:006 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
21:007:007 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.
21:007:008 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
21:007:009 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.
21:007:010 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
21:007:011 Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.