21 You should not give your heart over to sadness, but push it away from you. And remember the very end.
22 Do not be willing to forget this; for there is no turning back. Otherwise, it will not benefit you, and you will cause great harm to yourself.
23 Call to mind my judgment. For so shall it be for you also. Yesterday is mine, and today is yours.
24 When the deceased is at rest, let his memory rest also. And console him at the departure of his spirit.
25 The wisdom of a scribe is found in his time of leisure. So whoever has less to do will gain wisdom.
26 With what wisdom will someone be filled who holds the plow, and who boasts of the cattle prod that drives the oxen forward, and who is occupied in these labors, and whose only conversation is about the offspring of bulls?
27 He will give his mind over to the plowing of furrows, and his vigilance to the fattening of the cows.