Shatakatraya 1.20

1.20

vidyā nāma narasya rūpam adhikaṃ pracchanna-guptaṃ dhanaṃ
vidyā bhogakarī yaśaḥ-sukhakarī vidyā gurūṇāṃ guruḥ |
vidyā bandhujano videśa-gamane vidyā parā devatā
vidyā rājasu pūjyate na tu dhanaṃ vidyā-vihīnaḥ paśuḥ ||

Learning is truly a man's higher beauty, his secret, guarded wealth;
learning confers sensual pleasure, brings fame and happiness; learning is the teacher of teachers;
learning is a kinsman when traveling in a foreign land; learning is the supreme deity;
learning is honored among kings, not wealth: one destitute of learning is a beast.