1:9 What exists now is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done;
there is nothing truly new on earth.
3:12 I have concluded that there is nothing better for people
than to be happy and to enjoy
themselves as long as they live,
3:22 So I perceived there is nothing better than for people to enjoy their work,
because that is their reward;
for who can show them what the future holds?
6:7 All of man’s labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach –
yet his appetite is never satisfied!