A time to search and a time to give up as lost;
A time to keep and a time to throw away.

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good as long as they live;

Do not be excessively righteous [like those given to self-conceit], and do not be overly wise (pretentious)—why should you bring yourself to ruin?

Do not be in a hurry to get out of his presence. Do not join in a malevolent matter, for the king will do whatever he pleases.

The labor of a fool so wearies him [because he is ignorant] that he does not even know how to go to a city.