Ecclesiastes 7:6-8

Young's Literal Translation

⁶ For as the noise of thorns under the pot, So [is] the laughter of a fool, even this [is] vanity.

⁷ Surely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the heart.

⁸ Better [is] the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better [is] the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.