7 A good name is better than precious ointment,
    and the day of death is better than the day of one’s birth.
² Better to go to the house of mourning
    than to go to the house of feasting,
for death is the end of every person,
    and the living should take it to his heart.
³ Sorrow is better than laughter,
    for by sadness of countenance the heart is made good.
⁴ The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
    but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

¹² So teach us to number our days
that we may gain a heart of wisdom.