Ecclesiastes 4:4 ASV

²  Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

³  yea, better than them both `did I esteem' him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

⁴  Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

⁵  The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

⁶  Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.