Ecclesiastes 7:10-12

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁰ Do not say, “Why were the former days better than these?”
    For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.
¹¹ Wisdom is as good as an inheritance,
    an advantage to those who see the sun.
¹² For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money,
    and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom gives life to the one who possesses it.