Thou shalt not say, Why was it the former days were good above these? for thou didst not ask from wisdom concerning this

Which yet my soul sought, and found not; one man from a thousand I found; and a woman in all these I found not

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and thy heart shall do thee good in the days of thy youth, and go in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: and know thou, that for all these God will bring thee into judgment

And besides, from these, my son, beware: of making many books, no end; and much study wearies the flesh.