The wise man said:

For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So is the laughter of a fool, even this is vanity.
Surely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the heart.
Better is the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better is the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.
Say not thou, 'What was it, That the former days were better than these?' For thou hast not asked wisely of this.
Wisdom is good with an inheritance, And an advantage it is to those beholding the sun.
For wisdom is a defense, money is a defence, And the advantage of the knowledge of wisdom is, She reviveth her possessors. Ecclesiaste 7 v6-12