Issariyasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Sagāthāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 15 · Section 212

[212] "Power (vasa) is lordship in the world; a woman is the supreme among goods; anger (kodha) is the rust of the sword in the world; thieves are a blight in the world. They stop a thief carrying things away, but an ascetic (samaṇa) carrying away is dear; the wise delight in an ascetic who comes again and again." The Eighth: the Kāma Sutta

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.