John Trapp on Ecclesiastes 2:13

Verſ. 13. Then I ſaw that wiſdome excelleth folly] i. e. Philoſophy and Humane wiſdome, though it cannot perfect the mind, nor make a man happy, yet it is as farre beyond ſenſuality and brutiſhneſſe, as light is beyond darkneſſe. Thoſe that ſeek for the Philoſophers Stone, though they miſſe of their end, yet they find many excellent things by the way: So, Philoſophers, Politicians, Moraliſts, though they miſſed of the pearl of price, yet they ſought out other goodly pearls (with that wiſe Merchant, Mat. 13.45.) for the which they have their juſt praiſe and profit.