Hitopadesha 1.130

1.130

kiṃ ca-
varaṃ maunaṃ kāryaṃ na ca vacanam uktaṃ yad anṛtaṃ
varaṃ klaibyaṃ puṃsāṃ na ca para-kalatrābhigamanam |
varaṃ prāṇa-tyāgo na ca piśuna-vākyeṣv abhirucir
varaṃ bhikṣāśitvaṃ na ca para-dhanāsvādana-sukham //

Moreover:
Better to maintain silence than utter speech that is false;
Better is impotence for men than approaching another's wife;
Better is abandonment of life than delighting in the words of a slanderer;
Better is eating from begging than the pleasure of enjoying another's wealth.