Better To Smell A Violet, Than Sip The Careless Wine; Better To List One Music Tone, Than Watch The Jewels' Shine. Better To Have The Love Of One, Than Smiles Like Morning Dew; Better To Have A Living Seed Than Flowers Of Every Hue. Better To Feel A Love Within, Than Be Lovely To The Sight; Better A Homely Tenderness Than Beauty'S Wild Delight. Better To Love Than Be Beloved. Though Lonely All The Day; Better The Fountain In The Heart, Than The Fountain By The Way. Better A Feeble Love To God, Than For Woman'S Love To Pine; Better To Have The Making God Than The Woman Made Divine. 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 Learned Overmuch; Better Than High Are Lowly Thoughts, For Truthful Thoughts Are Such. Better Than Thrill A Listening Crowd, Sit At A Wise Man'S Feet; But Better Teach A Child, Than Toil To Make Thyself Complete. Better To Walk The Realm Unseen, Than Watch The Hour'S Event; Better The Smile Of God Alway, Than The Voice Of Men'S Consent. Better To Have A Quiet Grief Than A Tumultuous Joy; Better Than Manhood, Age'S Face, If The Heart Be Of A Boy. Better The Thanks Of One Dear Heart, Than A Nation'S Voice Of Praise; Better The Twilight Ere The Dawn, Than Yesterday'S Mid-Blaze. 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.