Sādhusīlajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 249

[249] "Bodily excellence, ripeness of age, good birth, and goodness of virtue (sīla) — it is the brahmin (brāhmaṇa) himself we ask: which of these, pray, should we choose?"

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.