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Wealth Cannot Buy Happiness

10 Whoever loves money
    will never have enough money;
Whoever loves ·wealth [riches]
    will not be satisfied with ·it [gain].
    This is also useless [1:2].
11 The more ·wealth [prosperity] people have,
    the more friends they have to ·help spend [consume] it.
So what do people really ·gain [profit]?
    They ·gain [profit] nothing except to ·look at their riches [admire it].
12 ·Those who work hard sleep in peace [L Sweet is the sleep of the laborer];
    it is not important if they eat little or much.
But ·rich people worry about their wealth
    and cannot [L the abundance of the wealthy does not let them] sleep.

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