And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have been wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise man as with the fool, inasmuch as in the coming days all will be forgotten. And how the wise man and the fool alike die!

All this I took to heart, and my heart saw it all: that the upright and the wise and their works are in the hand of God; and men may not be certain if it will be love or hate; all is to no purpose before them.

then I discerned all that God has done: No one really comprehends what happens on earth. Despite all human efforts to discover it, no one can ever grasp it. Even if a wise person claimed that he understood, he would not really comprehend it.

And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.

For what advantage has the wise man over the fool [for being worldly-wise is not the secret to happiness]? What advantage has the poor man who has learned how to walk [publicly] among the living [with men’s eyes on him; for being poor is not the secret to happiness either]?

The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself also perceived that one event happeneth to them all.

I tested all this with wisdom, and I said, “I will be wise,” but it was far from me.

And again I saw under the sun that the reward goes not to him who is quick, or the fruits of war to the strong; and there is no bread for the wise, or wealth for men of learning, or respect for those who have knowledge; but time and chance come to all.

The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.

Among the things I seek but have not found: one man among a thousand I did find, but I have not found one woman to be wise among all these.

So I became great, greater than anyone who had lived before me in Jerusalem. Throughout all of this, I remained wise.

The words of the wise are as goads; and as nails well fastened are the words of the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.

And I said in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool so will it happen even to me; and why was I then so wise? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king, who knoweth no more how to be admonished.

The mind of the wise is in the house of mourning,
While the mind of fools is in the house of pleasure.

It is better to listen to the rebuke of a wise man
Than for one to listen to the song of fools.

For oppression makes a wise man mad,
And a bribe corrupts the heart.

Do not be excessively righteous and do not be overly wise. Why should you ruin yourself?

Wisdom strengthens a wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.

Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision.

Who is like the wise man and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man’s wisdom illumines him and causes his stern face to beam.

Now there was in the town a poor, wise man, and he, by his wisdom, kept the town safe. But no one had any memory of that same poor man.

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

The heart of the wise man goes in the right direction; but the heart of a foolish man in the wrong.

I have also seen wisdom under the sun on this wise, and it seemed great unto me:

Say not thou, "What is the cause that the days of the old time were better than they that be now?" For that were no wise question.

Wise use of possessions is good; it brings benefit to the living.