Let not the wise man glory, &c.— "Unless this wisdom hath for its object God himself, and teaches us to despise ourselves, to be humbled beneath the mighty hand of God, and to glory in him alone. All other wisdom is vain and dangerous." Phocylides has said excellently,
If wisdom, strength, or riches be thy lot; Boast not, but rather think thou hast them not: One God alone, from whom these gifts proceed, Is wise, is mighty, and is rich indeed.