Don’t set foot too frequently in your neighbor’s house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.

The sluggard plunges his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, contention ceases.

When the wicked increase, transgression increases, but the righteous will see their downfall.

What does a man acquire from all his labor and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth?

I have concluded that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to enjoy themselves as long as they live,

Whatever exists now has already been, and whatever will be has already been; for God will seek to do again what has occurred in the past.

Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind.

Furthermore, if two lie down together, they can keep each other warm, but how can one person keep warm by himself?

Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him.

For there is not one truly righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins.

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

Surely no one knows the future, and no one can tell another person what will happen.

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

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

The Teacher sought to find delightful words, and to write accurately truthful sayings.

The fragrance of your colognes is delightful; your name is like the finest perfume. No wonder the young women adore you!

The Beloved to the Maidens: I am dark but lovely, O maidens of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Qedar, lovely like the tent curtains of Salmah.

The Beloved to Her Lover: Oh, how handsome you are, my lover! Oh, how delightful you are! The lush foliage is our canopied bed;

The Beloved about Her Lover: He brought me into the banquet hall, and he looked at me lovingly.