"He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap."

"A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;"

"¶ Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him."

"For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them."

"I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it."

"¶ Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion."

"Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better."

"I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead."

"¶ I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all."

"The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself."