This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun, that there is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of mankind are full of evil, and insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterward they go to the dead.

Even when the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking, and he demonstrates to everyone that he is a fool.

The labor of a fool makes him so weary that he does not even know how to go to a city.

People prepare a meal for enjoyment, wine makes life joyful, and money is the answer to everything.

Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth.

Just as you do not know the path of the wind, and how bones are formed in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes everything.

Sow your seed in the morning and do not be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether one or the other will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good.

Indeed, if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything that is to come will be futility.

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

For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.