"Vanity of vanities!" says the Teacher, "Vanity of vanities! All [is] vanity!"

Do not say, "Why were the former days better than these?" For [it is] not from wisdom [that] you ask this.

Do not pay attention to everything people say, lest you hear your own servant curse you.

Since the word of the king [is] supreme, no one can say to him, "What are you doing?"

Remember your Creator in the days of your youth-- before the days of trouble come and the years draw near when you will say, "I find no pleasure in them!"

"Vanity of vanity!" says the Teacher. "Everything [is] vanity!"