Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; better is a patient spirit than a proud spirit.

Go, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to the intelligent, nor yet favour to men of knowledge; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for the bird of the air will carry the voice, and that which hath wings will tell the matter.

Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it after many days.

and the doors are shut toward the street; when the sound of the grinding is subdued, and they rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of song are brought low;