Ecclesiastes 7:8 DBY

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

⁷  Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad, and a gift destroyeth the heart.

⁸  Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; better is a patient spirit than a proud spirit.

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

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