It should always be the duty of a strong man not to crush hostility with the weak; and the weak should be deferential to the strong.
सर्वथा त्वेतदुचितं दुर्बलेषु बलीयसाम्। अनादरोऽविरोधश्च प्रणिपाती हि दुर्बलः॥