All that my eyes desired I did not refuse them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor and this was my reward for all my labor.

He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt.

For he will not often consider the years of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the gladness of his heart.

It is better to go to a house of mourning
Than to go to a house of feasting,
Because that is the end of every man,
And the living takes it to heart.

Sorrow is better than laughter,
For when a face is sad a heart may be happy.

For oppression makes a wise man mad,
And a bribe corrupts the heart.

Do not be eager in your heart to be angry,
For anger resides in the bosom of fools.

And I discovered more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. One who is pleasing to God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured by her.

He who keeps a royal command experiences no trouble, for a wise heart knows the proper time and procedure.

All this I have seen and applied my mind to every deed that has been done under the sun wherein a man has exercised authority over another man to his hurt.

When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the task which has been done on the earth (even though one should never sleep day or night),

For I have taken all this to my heart and explain it that righteous men, wise men, and their deeds are in the hand of God. Man does not know whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits him.

Go then, eat your bread in happiness and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.

The words of the wise heard in quietness are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools.

A wise man’s heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man’s heart directs him toward the left.

He who quarries stones may be hurt by them, and he who splits logs may be endangered by them.

Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.

So, remove grief and anger from your heart and put away pain from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting.

The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person.