12. And if a man can prevail against one, two may withstand him, and a threefold cord is broken with difficulty.
13. Better is a boy, poor and wise, than a king, old and foolish, who does not know to look ahead for the sake of posterity.
14. For sometimes, one goes forth from prison and chains, to a kingdom, while another, born to kingly power, is consumed by need.
15. I saw all the living who are walking under the sun, and I saw the next generation, who shall rise up in their places.