I searched in my heart how to cherish my flesh with wine, while practising my heart with wisdom; and how to lay hold on folly, till I should see what was that good for the children of men which they should do under the heavens all the days of their life.

For what does a person gain from everything that he accomplishes and from his inner life struggles that he undergoes while working on earth?

For to a person who is good in His sight He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God’s sight. This too is vanity and striving after wind.

I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.

The former can come out of prison to reign, while the latter, even if born to kingship, may become poor.

The mind of the wise is in the house of mourning,
While the mind of fools is in the house of pleasure.

I have seen it all during my pointless life: both a righteous person who dies while he is righteous, and a wicked person who lives to an old age, while remaining wicked.

“Behold, I have discovered this,” says the Preacher, “while adding one thing to another to find an explanation,

All this I have seen while applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has exercised power over others to their detriment.

This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead.

"While someone is among the living, hope remains," because "it is better to be a living dog than to be a dead lion."

folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places.

And I have observed servants riding on horses, while princes walk on the ground like servants.

Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him;

The labour of the foolish is grievous unto them, while they know not how to go in to the city.

Do not curse a king even in your thoughts, and do not curse the rich while in your bedroom; for a bird might report what you are thinking, or some winged creature might repeat your words.

Spread your bread on the water after a while you will find it.

Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.

Let your mind be turned to your Maker in the days of your strength, while the evil days come not, and the years are far away when you will say, I have no pleasure in them;

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, are not dark, and the clouds come not back after the rain;

the doors at the street are shut
while the sound of the mill fades;
when one rises at the sound of a bird,
and all the daughters of song grow faint.

Furthermore, men are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags himself along, and the caperberry is ineffective. For man goes to his eternal home while mourners go about in the street.

While that the silver cord is not removed, And the golden bowl broken, And the pitcher broken by the fountain, And the wheel broken at the well.