One Hundred Lashes

Rebbe Yochanan said in the name of Rebbe Yossi: A single moment of self-contol is better than many lashes, as it is said: "And she shall pursue her lovers...then she will say, I will go and return to my first husband, because it was better for me then than it is now."

Resh Lakish said: It is better than a hundred lashes, as it is said: "Yelling at an understanding person is better than hitting a fool a hundred times."

(Brachot 7a)