5. Fools fold their handsand ruin themselves.
6. Better one handful with tranquillitythan two handfuls with toiland chasing after the wind.
7. Again I saw something meaningless under the sun:
8. there was a man all alone;he had neither son nor brother.There was no end to his toil,yet his eyes were not content with his wealth.‘For whom am I toiling,’ he asked,‘and why am I depriving myself of enjoyment?’This too is meaningless –a miserable business!
9. Two are better than one,because they have a good return for their labour: