Next, I considered wisdom, as well as delusion and folly. What can anyone [do] who will come after the king that has not already been done?

So I hated all my toil with which I have toiled under the sun, for I must leave it behind to someone who will be after me.

Whoever is joined to all the living has hope. After all, even a live dog is better than a dead lion!

Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars darken and the clouds return after the rain.