For neither the wise nor the fool will be long remembered, since in days to come everything will be forgotten. The wise man dies the same way as the fool, does he not?

Now there was found within it a poor, but wise man. He delivered the city by his wisdom, but not one person remembered that poor man.

A wise man's heart tends toward his right, but a fool's heart tends toward his left.

Wisdom given as strength to a wise person is better than having ten powerful men in the city.

For what advantage has the wise person over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have in knowing how to face life?

Among the things I seek but have not found: one man among a thousand I did find, but I have not found one woman to be wise among all these.