Ecclesiastes 2:18-24

So, too, I loathed all the wealth that I was gaining under the sun. For I shall leave it to the one who will succeed me – and who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish? – and s/he will control all the wealth that I gained by toil and wisdom under the sun. That too is futile. And so I came to view with despair all the gains I had made under the sun. For sometimes a person whose fortune was made with wisdom, knowledge, and skill must hand it on to be the portion of somebody who did not toil for it. That too is futile, and a grave evil. For what does one get for all the toiling and worrying one does under the sun? All that person's days his/her thoughts are grief and heartache, and even at night his/her mind has no respite. That too is futile! There is nothing worthwhile for a person but to eat and drink and afford enjoyment with his/her means. And even that, I noted, comes from God. [JPS translation edited for gender-neutrality]