A good name is above oil good, and the day of death above the day of birth.
It is good to go into a house of mourning, than than to go into a house of a banquet; in so far as this is the end of every man; and the living man will give good to his heart.
Better is rage than laughter, for by hurt of countenance will be made better the heart
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; and the heart of fools is in the house of gladness.
It is good to hear the reproach of the wise, than for a man to hear songs of fools.
As the sound of the thorn-bushes burning under the kettle, so the laughter, the one of the fools; and indeed this is folly.
For extortion drives mad the wise man, and destroys the heart magnanimity of his
Better the last of matters than its beginning; better the lenient than high spirit.
You should not hasten in your spirit to be enraged, for rage in the bosom of fools shall rest
You should not say, What happened that the days former were good over these? for not in wisdom you asked concerning this.
is good Wisdom with an allotment and abundance to the ones viewing the sun.
For in its shadow wisdom is as the shadow of silver; and the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom will restore to life the one having it.
Behold the actions of God! For who shall be able to adorn what ever God should turn from him?
In the day of goodness live in good! and look out in the day of evil! Behold! and indeed with one harmony with these caused God concerning speech, that should not find man after him anything
All things I beheld in days of my folly. There is a just man being destroyed in his justice, and there is an impious man abiding in his evil.
Do not become righteous super, nor discern extra, lest at any time you should be overwhelmed!
You should not be impious super, and do not become hard, that you should not die in your time!
It is good for you to hold fast by this; and indeed of this you should not defile your hand. For to the ones fearing God all things shall go forth.
Wisdom will give help to the wise one over ten exercising authority, of the ones being in the city.
For man there is no just on the earth who shall do good and shall not sin.
And indeed unto all the words which they shall speak, you should not put them to your heart, so that you should not hear your servant cursing you.
For very often he will act wickedly against you, and returning many times he shall inflict your heart; that as also indeed you cursed others.
All these things I tested in wisdom. I said, I shall be discerning, but it was far from me.
Far above what was, and a deep depth — who shall find it?
circled about I and my heart to know, and to survey, and to seek wisdom, and the reckoning of things , and to know the impious man's foolishness, and rioting, and deviation.
And I find her more bitter than death — with the woman in which is snares and dragnets her heart, and a bond in her hands. He that is good before the face of God shall be delivered from her; and the one sinning will be seized with her.
Behold! this I found, said the ecclesiastic, counting one by one, to find a device,
which anxiously sought my soul, and I did not find. Even man one from out of a thousand did I find. And a woman among all these I did not find.
Except behold! this I found, that God dealt with the man upright And they sought devices many Who knows the wise? And who knows the loosening of a saying?