I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure;”
and behold, this also was vanity.
I said of laughter, “It is foolishness;”
and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”
I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.
I made myself great works.
I built myself houses.
I planted myself vineyards.