Proverbs 17:2

A wise servant shall have rule, &c. “Probity and prudence are so much better than mere riches and noble birth, that a wise and faithful servant sometimes arrives at the honour of being appointed the governor of a son, whose folly and wickedness make him a discredit to his family;” and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren “His merits, perhaps, are rewarded with a portion of the estate, which is to be distributed among them.”