The treasury cannot be replenished by (acting with) purity and fairness, nor by (acting with) ruthless cruelty. It should be filled by following a middle course.
न कोशः शुद्धशौचेन न नृशंसेन जातुचित्। मध्यमं पदमास्थाय कोशसंग्रहणं चरेत्॥