When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent - Proverb for January 24

The proverb for January 24 teaches us the importance of education and having something to fall back on.  "When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent".  When you have lost all you have then you will need to rely on working for a living for which education is the key.  Another way to look at this is that education and learning are better than house and land.