Ecclesiastes 2:10-13

¹⁰And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward.

¹¹Then I saw all the works which my hands had made, and everything I had been working to do; and I saw that all was to no purpose and desire for wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

¹²And I went again in search of wisdom and of foolish ways. What may the man do who comes after the king? The thing which he has done before.

¹³Then I saw that wisdom is better than foolish ways — as the light is better than the dark.