If one speaks of a particular person before others of righteous conduct, one should not, if desirous of keeping one's consistency, afterwards describe the same person as wicked.
प्रथमं यः समाख्यातः शीलवानिति संसदि। न वाच्यं तस्य वैगुण्यं प्रतिज्ञां परिरक्षता॥