A wise man should contract friendship with the wife of the king nor with the other inmates of his seraglio, nor with those whom the despises and who are hostile to him.
नैषां दारेषु कुर्वीत मैत्री प्राज्ञः कदाचन। अन्तःपुरचरा ये च द्वेष्टि यानहिताश्च ये॥