Better To Smell The Violet Than Sip The Glowing Wine; Better To Hearken To A Brook Than Watch A Diamond Shine. Better To Have A Loving Friend Than Ten Admiring Foes; Better A Daisy'S Earthy Root Than A Gorgeous, Dying Rose. Better To Love In Loneliness Than Bask In Love All Day; Better The Fountain In The Heart Than The Fountain By The Way. Better Be Fed By Mother'S Hand Than Eat Alone At Will; Better To Trust In God, Than Say, My Goods My Storehouse Fill. Better To Be A Little Wise Than In Knowledge To Abound; Better To Teach A Child Than Toil To Fill Perfection'S Round. Better To Sit At Some Man'S Feet Than Thrill A Listening State; Better Suspect That Thou Art Proud Than Be Sure That Thou Art Great. Better To Walk The Realm Unseen Than Watch The Hour'S Event; Better The Well Done, Faithful Slave! Than The Air With Shoutings Rent. Better To Have A Quiet Grief Than Many Turbulent Joys; Better To Miss Thy Manhood'S Aim Than Sacrifice The Boy'S. Better A Death When Work Is Done Than Earth'S Most Favoured Birth; Better A Child In God'S Great House Than The King Of All The Earth.