I spoke within my own heart, saying, Lo, I have become great and have gathered more wisdom than all that have been before me in Jerusalem; yea, my heart has seen much of wisdom and knowledge.

I was great and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem; also my wisdom remained with me.

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

For there is no memory of the wise more than of the fool forever, since that which is now shall all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise die above the fool!

And I commended the dead who already have died, more than the living who are living now.

A poor and a wise child is better than an old and foolish king, who will not be warned any more.

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools. For they do not know that they are doing evil.

Also he has not seen the sun, nor known anything. This one has more rest than the other.

For what has the wise more than the fool? What gain has the poor who knows how to walk before the living?

and I find more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands like bands. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.

For the living know that they shall die; but the dead do not know anything, nor do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of him who rules among fools.

As dead flies cause the perfumer's ointment to stink and ferment; so a little folly is more rare than wisdom and than honor.

If the iron is blunt, and he does not whet the edge, then he must put more strength to it. But wisdom is profitable to direct.

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.