Ecclesiastes 7:1-3

Young's Literal Translation

7 Better [is] a name than good perfume, And the day of death than the day of birth.

² Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth [it] unto his heart.

³ Better [is] sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better.