Ecclesiastes 7:8 ASV

⁶  For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

⁷  Surely extortion maketh the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroyeth the understanding.

⁸  Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; `and' the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

⁹  Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

¹⁰  Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.