Ecclesiastes 4:7-9

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁷ Considering I found also another vanity under the sun:

⁸ There is but one, and he hath not a second, no child, no brother, and yet he ceaseth not to labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches, neither doth he reflect, saying: For whom do I labour, and defraud my soul of good things? in this also is vanity, and a grievous vexation.

⁹ It is better therefore that two should be together, than one: for they have the advantage of their society: