3 A person may have a hundred children and live a long time, but no matter how long he lives, if he does not get his share of happiness and does not receive a decent burial, then I say that a baby born dead is better off.
4 It does that baby no good to be born; it disappears into darkness, where it is forgotten.
5 It never sees the light of day or knows what life is like, but at least it has found rest —
6 more so than the man who never enjoys life, though he may live 2,000 years. After all, both of them are going to the same place.
7 People do all their work just to get something to eat, but they never have enough.
8 How are the wise better off than fools? What good does it do the poor to know how to face life?
9 It is useless; it is like chasing the wind. It is better to be satisfied with what you have than to be always wanting something else.