Note, 1. Those that are rich are apt to think themselves wise, because,
whatever else they are ignorant of, they know how to get and save; and
those that are purse-proud expect that all they say should be regarded
as an oracle and a law, and that none should dare to contradict them,
but every sheaf bow to theirs; this humour is fed by flatterers, who,
because (like Jezebel's prophets) they are fed at their table, cry up
their wisdom. 2. Those that are poor often prove themselves wiser than
they: A poor man, who has taken pains to get wisdom, having no other
way (as the rich man has) to get a reputation, searches him out, and
makes it to appear that he is not such a scholar, nor such a
politician, as he is taken to be. See how variously God dispenses his
gifts; to some he gives wealth, to others wisdom, and it is easy to say
which of these is the better gift, which we should covet more
earnestly.