He, who blindly places confidence in friends and always treats enemies mistrustfully without paying any heed to considerations of policy, finds his life unsafe. He, who, neglecting all considerations of policy, seeks either friends or foes, is regarded as a person whose understanding has been unhinged.
यो विश्वसिति मित्रेषु न विश्वसिति शत्रुषु। अर्थयुक्तिमविज्ञाय यः प्रीतौ कुरुते मनः॥ मित्रे वा यदि वा शत्रौ तस्यापि चलिता मतिः।