It is always meet to speak the truth. It is better again to speak what is wholesome than to speak what is true. I hold that that is truth which is filled with the greatest benefit to all creatures.
सत्यस्य वचनं श्रेयः सत्यादपि हितं वदेत्। यद् भूतहितमत्यन्तमेतत् सत्यं मतं मम॥