Ecclesiastes 7:1-3

21st Century King James Version

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

² 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.

³ Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.