It takes a long time to learn wisdom. How shall he become wise that holds the plow and drives oxen? He thinks on his furrows and feeding his livestock. So is every craftsman and workman that passes his time by night as by day, or they that cut engravings of signets, and his diligence is to make great variety. He will set his heart to preserve likeness in his portraiture. So is the smith sitting by the anvil and considering the unwrought iron. The vapor of the fire will waste his flesh, and in the heat of the furnace will he wrestle with his work. The noise of the hammer will be ever in his ear, and he will set his heart upon perfecting his works. So is the potter sitting at his work and turning the wheel about with his feet. He will apply his heart to finish the glazing, and he will be wakeful to make clean the furnace. All these put their trust in their hands. These cannot be left out when building a city, but they are not consulted for the counsel of the people, neither in the assembly nor on the seat of the judge. They do not understand the covenant of judgment, and cannot declare instruction and judgment. They have no wise parables, but they maintain the fabric of the world with their good work.