Ecclesiastes 9:13

This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it [seemed] great unto me:

Ver. 13. This wisdom also have I seen,] i.e., This fruit and effect of wisdom have I observed, that through the iniquity of the times, it is slighted and left unrewarded if joined with a mean condition.

And it seemed great unto me.] Though not unto the many, who value not wisdom, if meanly habited, according to its worth, consider not that

“ Saepe sub attrita latitat sapientia veste, ”

that within that leathern purse may be a pearl of great price, and in those earthen pots abundance of golden treasure. "I know thy poverty, but thou art rich" Rev 2:9 The cock on the dunghill understands not this: That which seems great to a Solomon, Multis pro vili sub pedibusque iacet. Stultorum enim plena sunt omnia.