The High Value of Rubies

I love a good cup of coffee. If I am hit with the urge for some java, I'll pay someone to make it for me if I'm not able to make my own.
Let's say my wallet contains two bills, a $10 and $100 bill.
You are the lifesaver selling coffee. You inform me that for some reason you cannot make change.
Now, as much as I'd hate to pay $10 for coffee, I certainly don't want to pay $100 for it.
Do I think the ten is more capable, willing, or deserving of paying the price?
No, it's about value.
If I'm only in possession of the $100 bill, I'm forced to reevaluate my need for the coffee.
I also love my freedom millions times more than coffee.
When I was able, I volunteered to pay it's price, if necessary, and would again if needed.
I am also willing to send another man to pay that price. I don't like it. It's a high price, but at times it must be paid.
But I value my wife, my daughters, your wife, and your daughters way too much to place them in more danger than we already do.
It's not about their abilities. I know many who are more capable than I ever was.
To me they are all a price far above rubies.

1 Peter 3:7 KJV

Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

This verse does NOT call women weak!
Speaking to a horse as unto a child does not make it a child.
Handling an empty gun as a loaded gun does not make it loaded.
A strong vessel of iron might be more suitable for the heavy duty jobs, but it will never sit on the mantle with the much weaker vessel of gold.
The weaker vessel gets the place of honour, not for its capabilities, but for its value.