After him - that is, on earth, in his own present sphere of action, after his departure from here (Ecclesiastes 3:22).

As a shadow.—Ecclesiastes 8:13; Job 14:2.

For who knows what [is] good for man in [this] life ?
&c.] To be in a higher or lower station of life, to live in gr…

A little will serve to sustain us comfortably, and a great deal can do no more. The desires of the soul find nothing in the wealth of the world to …