One should never appear deceitfully before a king; nor before a Brahmana; nor before his wife when that wife is possessed of every wifely virtue. Those who appear in deceitful guise before these three very soon meet with destruction.
न राजानं मृषा गच्छेन्न द्विजातिं कथंचन। न स्त्रियं स्त्रीगुणोपेतां हन्युह्येते मृषा गताः॥