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.

for the poor youth has [used his wisdom and] come out of prison to become king, even though he was born poor in his kingdom.

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 an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go 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 placed in great dignity, - while, the rich, in a low place, took their seat:

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.

Rejoice, young man, while you are young,
and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth.
And walk in the ways of your heart
and in the sight of your eyes;
but know that for all of these things God will bring you to judgment.

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return 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.

At that time they will fear climbing heights and dangers along the road while the almond tree will blossom, and the grasshopper is weighed down. Desire will cease, because the person goes to his eternal home, and mourners will gather in the marketplace.

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.