I saw all the living under the sun round the young man who was to be ruler in place of the king.

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceedeth from the ruler:

If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences.

No man has authority over the wind, to keep the wind; or is ruler over the day of his death. In war no man's time is free, and evil will not keep the sinner safe.

The words of the wise which come quietly to the ear are noted more than the cry of a ruler among the foolish.

Happy is the land whose ruler is of noble birth, and whose chiefs take food at the right time, for strength and not for feasting.