Ecclesiastes 2:3-7

³I resolved in my heart to indulge my body with wine, while my heart guideth itself with wisdom; and to lay fast hold on folly, till I might see what it is that is good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heavens during the number of the days of their life.

⁴I made great works: I built myself houses; I planted myself vineyards;

⁵I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted therein trees of all kinds of fruit;

⁶I made myself pools of water, to water therewith the forest overgrown with trees;

⁷I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and I had likewise those born in my house; I had also great possessions of cattle and flocks above all that had been before me in Jerusalem.