even the sun, it never saw, nor aught did it know, - more quietness, hath this than the other.

So do the wise [really] have an advantage over fools? {Can the poor [really] gain anything by knowing how to act in front of others}?

Do not be excessively righteous, and do not act excessively wise, lest you destroy yourself.

Do not act excessively wicked, and do not be a fool, lest you die before your time.

Because the sentence against a criminal act is not carried out quickly, the heart of people is filled with the desire to commit crime.

Both their love and their hatred and their envy, already had perished, - and, portion, had they none any longer, unto times age-abiding, in aught that was done under the sun.

For God will bring every act to judgment, including every hidden thing, whether good or evil.