Als / Than Besser / Better Ist gewesen / Has-Been
No place is better than Akron.
Better not be at all than not be noble.
It is better to be honourable than be honoured.
It is better to have loafed and lost, than never to have loafed at all.
Better never than late.
I'm better than Olivier.
There are better starters than me but I'm a strong finisher.
It is better to be the hammer than the anvil.
It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.