Study Desk

You cannot correct servants just by talking to them. They may understand you, but they will pay no attention.

Arrogance will bring your downfall, but if you are humble, you will be respected.

It is dangerous to be concerned with what others think of you, but if you trust the Lord , you are safe.

Everybody wants the good will of the ruler, but only from the Lord can you get justice.

If I have more, I might say that I do not need you. But if I am poor, I might steal and bring disgrace on my God.

This is how an unfaithful wife acts: she commits adultery, takes a bath, and says, "But I haven't done anything wrong!"

There are four animals in the world that are small, but very, very clever:

Ants: they are weak, but they store up their food in the summer.

Rock badgers: they are not strong either, but they make their homes among the rocks.

Locusts: they have no king, but they move in formation.

Lizards: you can hold one in your hand, but you can find them in palaces.

He says, "Many women are good wives, but you are the best of them all."

Charm is deceptive and beauty disappears, but a woman who honors the Lord should be praised.

Generations come and generations go, but the world stays just the same.

Every river flows into the sea, but the sea is not yet full. The water returns to where the rivers began, and starts all over again.

"Look," they say, "here is something new!" But no, it has all happened before, long before we were born.

I was determined to learn the difference between knowledge and foolishness, wisdom and madness. But I found out that I might as well be chasing the wind.

I decided to enjoy myself and find out what happiness is. But I found that this is useless, too.

The wise can see where they are going, and fools cannot." But I also know that the same fate is waiting for us all.

So life came to mean nothing to me, because everything in it had brought me nothing but trouble. It had all been useless; I had been chasing the wind.