Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?”
since it is not wise of you to ask this.

which my soul continually searches for but does not find: among a thousand people I have found one true man, but among all these I have not found a true woman.

Rejoice, young man, while you are young,
and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth.
And walk in the ways of your heart
and in the sight of your eyes;
but know that for all of these things God will bring you to judgment.

But beyond these, my son, be warned: there is no end to the making of many books, and much study wearies the body.