There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can a man do that comes after the king? even that which has been already done.

Yea, I hated all my labor in which I had toiled under the sun: because I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

Therefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his lot: for who can bring him to see what shall be after him?

Again, I considered all toil, and every skillful work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This is also vanity and grasping after the wind.

There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after him shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and grasping after the wind.

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and grasping after the wind.

For who knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also has set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing that will come after him.

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

Cast your bread upon the waters: for you shall find it after many days.

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: