Wise men should never contract friendship, nor with them who have fallen from the path of virtue. The man who is grateful, virtuous, the reverse of mean, has firm devotion.
कृतज्ञं धार्मिकं सत्यमक्षुद्रं दृढभक्तिकम्। जितेन्द्रियं स्थितं स्थित्यां मित्रमत्यागि चेष्यते॥