כִּֽי־טוֹבָ֣ה חָ֭כְמָה מִפְּנִינִ֑ים וְכָל־חֲ֝פָצִ֗ים לֹ֣א יִֽשְׁווּ־בָֽהּ׃
C’est que la sagesse est plus précieuse que les perles: tous les biens réunis ne la valent point.
Mishneh Torah, Torah Study
One confronted with both the performance of a commandment and the study of the Torah, if the commandment can be performed by proxy he should not interrupt his study; if not, he should perform the commandment and go back to his study.6Kiddushin, 40a. G.