2:17 So I loathed life because what
happens on earth seems awful to me;
for all the benefits of wisdom are futile – like chasing the wind.
5:12 The sleep of the laborer is pleasant – whether he eats little or much –
but the wealth of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
5:15 Just as he came forth from his mother's womb, naked will he return as he came,
and he will take nothing in his hand that he may carry away from his toil.
6:1 Here is another misfortune that I have seen on earth,
and it weighs heavily on people:
10:5 I have seen another misfortune on the earth:
It is an error a ruler makes.