It is better for a person to receive a rebuke from those who are wise than to listen to the song of fools.

The words of the wise are heard in quiet, more than the shouting of a ruler is heard among fools.

So I concluded that wisdom is better than might, but a poor man’s wisdom is despised; no one ever listens to his advice.

All this monotony is tiresome; no one can bear to describe it: The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear ever content with hearing.

Also, do not pay attention to everything that people say; otherwise, you might even hear your servant cursing you.

Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion: Fear God and keep his commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.

Be careful what you do when you go to the temple of God; draw near to listen rather than to offer a sacrifice like fools, for they do not realize that they are doing wrong.