Hitopadesha 3.104

3.104

priyaṃ brūyād akṛpaṇaḥ śūraḥ syād avikatthanaḥ |
dātā nāpātra-varṣī ca pragalbhaḥ syād aniṣṭhuraḥ //

He should speak kindly, not ungenerously; he should be valiant, not boastful;
he should be a giver, but not shower upon the unworthy; and he should be confident, not harsh.

3.104.p1

etan mahāpuruṣa-lakṣaṇam etasmin sarvam asti | tataḥ sa rājā prātaḥ śiṣṭa-sabhāṃ kṛtvā, sarvaṃ vṛttāntaṃ prastutya prasādāt tasmai karṇāṭaka-rājyaṃ dadau | tat kim āgantuko jāti-mātrād duṣṭaḥ ? tatrāpy uttamādhama-madhyamāḥ santi |

This mark of a great man is found entirely in him.” Then the king, holding an assembly of the noble in the morning and recounting the whole story, graciously bestowed upon him the kingdom of Karṇāṭaka. So is a newcomer wicked merely because of his birth? Even among them, there are superior, inferior, and middling persons.

So when the day was come, he called a full council, and, declaring therein all the events of the night, he invested the faithful guard with the sovereignty of the Carnatic.