Firishta's History (Gulshan-i Ibrāhīmī) 33.4.1

33.4.1

"When you shall ascend the throne," said he, "consider yourself as the deputy of God. Have a just sense of the importance of your charge. Permit not any meanness of behaviour in yourself to sully the lustre of your station, nor let avaricious and low-minded men share your esteem, or bear any part in your administration. "Let your passions be governed by reason, and beware of giving way to anger. Anger is dangerous in all men, but in kings it is the instrument of death. "Let the public treasure be expended in the service of the state with that prudent economy, yet benevolent liberality, which reason will dictate to a mind like yours, ever intent on doing good. "Let the worship of God be inculcated by your example, and never permit vice and infidelity to go unpunished. "Be ever attentive to the business of the state, that you may avoid being imposed on by designing ministers. Make it your duty to see that they execute your commands without the least deviation or neglect, for it is through them you must govern your people. Let your judges and magistrates be men of capacity, religion, and virtue, that the light of justice may illuminate your realms. Let no levity on your part, either in public or private, detract from that important majesty which exalts the character of a king; and let every thing around you be so regulated as to inspire that reverence and awe which will render your person sacred, and contribute to enforce respect to your commands.