A generation comes and a generation goes, but the earth remains the same through the ages.

So I was far wealthier than all my predecessors in Jerusalem, yet I maintained my objectivity:

Although an assailant may overpower one person, two can withstand him. Moreover, a three-stranded cord is not quickly broken.

I considered all the living who walk on earth, as well as the successor who would arise in his place.

Do not rush out of the king’s presence in haste – do not delay when the matter is unpleasant, for he can do whatever he pleases.