Just as there is futility in many dreams, so also in many words. Therefore, fear God!

Do not be rash with your mouth or hasty in your heart to bring up a matter before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth! Therefore, let your words be few.

So I began to despair about all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so hard on earth.

When a sentence is not executed at once against a crime, the human heart is encouraged to do evil.

Banish emotional stress from your mind. and put away pain from your body; for youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

I thought to myself, “Come now, I will try self-indulgent pleasure to see if it is worthwhile.” But I found that it also is futile.

So I loathed life because what happens on earth seems awful to me; for all the benefits of wisdom are futile – like chasing the wind.

So I considered those who are dead and gone more fortunate than those who are still alive.

For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, for the oppression of the king is severe upon his victim.

In times of prosperity be joyful, but in times of adversity consider this: God has made one as well as the other, so that no one can discover what the future holds.