Ecclesiastes 7:1-3

Tree of Life Version

7 Better is a good reputation than precious oil
and the day of death than the day of birth.
² Better to go to a house of mourning
    than to go to the house of feasting,
since that is the end of all mankind
—and the living should take it to heart.
³ Grief is better than laughter,
    for though the face is sad, the heart may be glad.