1I said in mine heart, Go
to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
 2I said of laughter, It is mad: and of
mirth, What doeth it?  3I sought in mine
heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I
might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of
their life.  4I made me great works; I
builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:  5I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind
of fruits:  6I made me pools of water, to
water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:  7I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also
I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
 8I gathered me also silver and gold, and the
peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the
delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.  9So I was great, and increased more than all that were
before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.  10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not
my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
 11Then I looked on all the works that my
hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation
of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. (Ecclesiastes
2:1-11, King James
Version)