Kautilya's Arthashastra 7.17.22

7.17.22

mantrādhikāre 'pi vṛddhasamyogāj jātyaḥ prājñam atisaṃdhatte //

With regard to a high-born and a wise son, people will continue to be loyal to a high-born son though he is not wise; a wise son, though base-born, is characterized with capacity to consider state matters; but so far as capacity to consider state matters is concerned, a. high-born prince associating himself with the aged, has more advantages than a wise but base-born prince.