All is to no purpose, said the Preacher, all the ways of man are to no purpose.

And I gave my heart to getting knowledge of wisdom, and of the ways of the foolish. And I saw that this again was desire for wind.

And I went again in search of wisdom and of foolish ways. What may the man do who comes after the king? The thing which he has done before.

Then I saw that wisdom is better than foolish ways--as the light is better than the dark.

The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.

And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.

The work of the foolish will be a weariness to him, because he has no knowledge of the way to the town.

As you have no knowledge of the way of the wind, or of the growth of the bones in the body of her who is with child, even so you have no knowledge of the works of God who has made all.

Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.