Proverbs 1:2

““To know,” he tells us, “wisdom and instruction”; not setting before us the course of instruction in wisdom according to the method common in other kinds of learning; he bids a man, on the other hand, first to become wise by previous training, and then so to receive the instruction conveyed by proverb.” — editor's note: Prov. i. 2.

“In the commencement of the book of Proverbs he charges us to understand prudent maxims and shrewd adages, parables and obscure discourse, the words of the wise and their dark sayings; all of which belong by right to the sphere of the dialectician and the philosopher.” — editor's note: Prov. i. 1–6.

““For the wise man,” who has been persuaded to obey the commandments, “having heard these things, will become wiser” by knowledge; and “the intelligent man will acquire rule, and will understand a parable and a dark word, the sayings and enigmas of the wise.”” — editor's note: Prov. i. 2–6.

“…to direct judgment,” and “subtlety to the simple,” which is the result of training, “and perception and thought,” with which the young catechumen is imbued.” — editor's note: Prov. i. 1–4.