از تنخ، کتاب مقدس آیین یهود: کتاب کوهلت (کلیساها) - گزیده ای از فصلهای ۷-۱ -‏ قسمت ۲ از ۲

Better a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who no longer knows to receive admonition. Also every man whom God has given riches and property and has given him power to eat thereof and to take his portion and to rejoice with his toil; that is a gift of God. For let him remember that the days of his life are not many, for God is testimony of the joy of his heart. It is better to hear the rebuke of a wise man than for a man to hear the song of the fools. Wisdom is good with a heritage, and it is a profit to those who see the Sun.