Silence is better than speech. To speak the truth is better than silence. To speak, again, truth what is connected with virtue is better than to speak the truth. To speak what, besides being true and righteous is agrecable, is better than to speak truth connected with virtue.
अव्याहृतं व्याहृताच्छ्रेय आहुः सत्यं वदेद् व्याहृतं तद् द्वितीयम्। वदेद् व्याहृतं तत् तृतीयं प्रियं धर्मं वदेद् व्याहृतं तच्चतुर्थम्॥