And a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that poor man.

Surely oppression makes a wise man mad; and a bribe destroys the heart.

Whoever keeps the command shall feel no evil thing; and a wise man's heart knows both time and judgment.

The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness; and I also knew that one event happens to all of them.

I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happens to them all.

For there is no memory of the wise more than of the fool forever, since that which is now shall all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise die above the fool!

Then I looked at all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun; because though a man labors to seek it out, yet he shall not find it. Yea, further, though a wise one speaks of knowing, yet he shall not be able to find it.

It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Who is as the wise? And who knows the meaning of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.

For all this I took to heart, even to make all this clear, that the righteous and the wise and their works are in the hand of God. No man knows either love or hatred by all that is before them.