8. In this way a wise personis no better off than a fool.Then, too, it does a poor person little goodto know how to get along in life.
9. It is better to see what you havethan to want more.Wanting more is useless—like chasing the wind.
10. Whatever happens was planned long ago.Everyone knows what people are like.No one can argue with God,who is stronger than anyone.
11. The more you say,the more useless it is.What good does it do?
12. People have only a few useless days of life on the earth; their short life passes like a shadow. Who knows what is best for them while they live? Who can tell them what the future will bring?