The end of a matter is better than its beginning;
a patient spirit is better than a proud spirit.

Go, eat your bread with pleasure, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already accepted your works.

Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, or the battle to the strong, or bread to the wise, or riches to the discerning, or favor to the skillful; rather, time and chance happen to all of them.

Do not curse the king even in your thoughts,
and do not curse a rich person even in your bedroom,
for a bird of the sky may carry the message,
and a winged creature may report the matter.

Send your bread on the surface of the waters,
for after many days you may find it.

the doors at the street are shut
while the sound of the mill fades;
when one rises at the sound of a bird,
and all the daughters of song grow faint.