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.

The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile.

Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.

Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these days?” for it is not wise to ask that.

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

This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright, but they have sought many evil schemes.

Whoever obeys his command will not experience harm, and a wise person knows the proper time and procedure.

Go, eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, because God has already approved your works.

Feasts are made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.

Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love. The Double Refrain: Embracing and Adjuration

The Lover to His Beloved: You are a locked garden, my sister, my bride; you are an enclosed spring, a sealed-up fountain.

The Lover to His Beloved: My darling, you are as beautiful as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as awe-inspiring as bannered armies!

Those who are champions at drinking wine are as good as dead, who display great courage when mixing strong drinks.

Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! For God is with us!

Is this the one who made the world like a desert, who ruined its cities, and refused to free his prisoners so they could return home?”’

Look, the Lord is ready to devastate the earth and leave it in ruins; he will mar its surface and scatter its inhabitants.

The earth is defiled by its inhabitants, for they have violated laws, disregarded the regulation, and broken the permanent treaty.

They no longer sing and drink wine; the beer tastes bitter to those who drink it.

You keep completely safe the people who maintain their faith, for they trust in you.