Do not say, Why was it that the former days were better than these? For you do not ask wisely in regard to this.

And so I saw the wicked buried, and they came and went from the holy place. And they were forgotten in the city, these things that they had done. This is also vanity.

Rejoice, in your youth, young man; and let your heart cheer you 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 these things God will bring you into judgment.

And further, by these, my son, be warned: The making of many books has no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.