<p class="poetry">At the beginning his words<n id="1" /> are foolishp> <p class="poetry">and at the end<n id="2" /> his talk<n id="3" /> is wicked madness,<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Here is<n id="1" /> a misfortune<n id="2" /> on earth<n id="3" /> that I have seen:p> <p class="poetry">Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Here is<n id="1" /> another misfortune<n id="2" /> that I have seen on earth,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and it weighs<n id="4" /> heavily on people:<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">I have seen another<n id="1" /> misfortune<n id="2" /> on the earth:<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">It is an error a ruler makes.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Banish<n id="1" /> emotional stress<n id="2" /> from your mind.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and put away pain<n id="4" /> from your body;<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">for youth<n id="6" /> and the prime of life<n id="7" /> are fleeting.<n id="8" />p>

<p class="poetry">Surely, no one<n id="1" /> knows his appointed time!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Like fish that are caught in a deadly<n id="3" /> net, and like birds that are caught in a snare &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">just like them, all people<n id="4" /> are ensnared<n id="5" /> at an unfortunate<n id="6" /> time that falls upon them suddenly.p>

<p class="poetry">This is another misfortune:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Just as he came, so will he go.p> <p class="poetry">What did he gain from toiling for the wind?p>

<p class="poetry">Divide your merchandise<n id="1" /> among seven or even eight<n id="2" /> investments,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">for you do not know<n id="4" /> what calamity<n id="5" /> may happen on earth.p>

<p class="poetry">In times of prosperity<n id="1" /> be joyful,p> <p class="poetry">but in times of adversity<n id="2" /> consider this:p> <p class="poetry">God has made one as well as the other,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">so that no one can discover what the future holds.<n id="4" />p>