सद्भावेन हरेन् मित्रं सम्भ्रमेण तु बान्धवान् ।
स्त्रीभृत्यौ दानमानाभ्यां दाक्षिण्येनेतरान्जनान् ॥
sad-bhāvena haren mitraṁ sambhrameṇa tu bāndhavān |
strī-bhṛtyau dāna-mānābhyāṁ dākṣiṇyenetarān janān ||
(Hitopadeśa: Sandhi, 112)
“Win over a friend with sincerity, relatives with honor, a wife or a servant with gifts and recognition, and others with cordiality.”