In God have we made our boast all the day long, And we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. (Selah)
A (good) name is better than precious oil; and the day of death, than the day of one's birth.
Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.
But thanks be unto God, who always leadeth us in triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest through us the savor of his knowledge in every place.