Apastambadharmasutra 2.2.4.14

2.2.4.14

abhāve bhūmir udakaṃ tṛṇāni kalyāṇī vāg iti /# etāni vai sato- 'agāre na [kṣīyante kadācana-iti / ( K om. / )

If there is no food, earth, water, grass, and a kind word, indeed, never fall in the house of a good man. Thus (say those who know the law).