Greatness does not approach him who is forever looking down. (Hitopadesa)

[Frederique]

Greatness does not approach him who is forever looking down.
 – Hitopadesa

• Frugality should ever be practised, but not excessive parsimony.   
• What a rich man gives and what he consumes, that is his real worth
• A stranger who is kind is a kinsman; an unkind kinsman is a stranger.
• To address a judicious remark to a thoughtless man is a mere threshing of chaff.