8. So what advantage has the wise over the fool? What does the pauper gain by knowing how to walk before the living?
9. Better is what the eyes see than the pursuit of the soul’s desires. This too is fleeting and striving after wind.
10. Whatever exists has already been named, and it has been made known what humanity is. But man cannot contend with the One who is mightier than he.
11. When there are many words, futility increases! How does that benefit anyone?
12. For who knows what is good for one during his life—during the few days of his fleeting life—that pass like a shadow? For who can tell a person what happens after him under the sun?