Ecclesiastes 7:1-3

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

7 A good name is better than precious ointment,
    and the day of death, than the day of birth.
² It is better to go to the house of mourning
    than to go to the house of feasting;
for this is the end of everyone,
    and the living will lay it to heart.
³ Sorrow is better than laughter,
    for by sadness of countenance the heart is made glad.