I also gathered silver and gold to myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got men singers and women singers for myself, and the delights of the sons of men, a wife and very many wives.

If a man fathers a hundred, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, and his soul is not filled with good, and also is for him no burial; I say, a miscarriage is better than he.

For there are many things that increase vanity, and what is man the better?

For also your own heart knows that you yourself have also cursed others many times.

Lo, this only I have found, that God has made man upright, but they have sought out many inventions.

A fool also makes many words; a man knows not what they shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.

but if a man lives many years, and rejoices in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.

And more than that, the preacher was wise; he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he listened, and looked, and set in order many proverbs.

And further, by these, my son, be warned: The making of many books has no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.