- One generation goes and another generation comes, but the earth remains forever.
The sun also rises and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises.

- All things are weary with toil and all words are feeble; man cannot utter it.
The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

- For in much [human] wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge
increases sorrow.

- I SAID in my mind, Come now, I will prove you with mirth and test you with leasure;
so have a good time [enjoy pleasure]. But this also was vanity (emptiness, falsity,
and futility)!

- For to the person who pleases Him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to
the sinner He gives the work of gathering and heaping up, that he may give to one
who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after the wind and a feeding
on it.