The best thing that I myself have seen, which is pretty, is that one should eat and drink and see good for all his hard work with which he works hard under the sun for the number of the days of his life that the true God has given him, for that is his portion. ” — Ecclesiastes 5: 18.
( Salamans Mācītājs 5: 17.) Līdzīgiem vārdiem viņš mudina jauniešus: ” Priecājies, jaunekli, savā jaunībā, un lai tava sirds labi jūtas savās jaunības dienās; staigā tos ceļus, ko tava sirds kāro, un ej pakaļ tam, kas patīk tavām acīm. ”