Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.
Better
A better man than his father.
Smart’s Horace.—Book I. Ode 15.
The better part of valour is discretion; in the which better part I have saved my life.
Shakespeare.—King Henry IV., Part I. Act V. Scene 4. (Falstaff, after he had fallen down as if dead.)
Poor Jack, farewell!
I could have better spared a better man.
Shakespeare.—King Henry IV., Part I. Act V. Scene 4. (Prince Henry, who supposed him dead.)