Therefore I have seen that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion; for who can bring him to see what shall be after him?

Yea, better than both is he who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

Better is a hand filled with rest than two fists with travail and vexation of spirit.

Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor.

A poor and a wise child is better than an old and foolish king, who will not be warned any more.

it is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.

If a man fathers a hundred, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, and his soul is not filled with good, and also is for him no burial; I say, a miscarriage is better than he.

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

For there are many things that increase vanity, and what is man the better?

A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

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.

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made better.

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning of it; the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Do not say, Why was it that the former days were better than these? For you do not ask wisely in regard to this.

and I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands like bands. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.

Then I praised gladness, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat and to drink and to be glad; for that shall go with him of his labor for the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

For whoever is chosen, to all those living, there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

And I said, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.

Surely the snake will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.