Wise Words by the Buddha

This is to be done by one skilled in aims who wants to break through to the state of peace:

Be capable, upright, & straightforward,
easy to instruct, gentle, & not conceited,
content & easy to support,
with few duties, living lightly,
with peaceful faculties, masterful,
modest, & no greed for supporters.
Do not do the slightest thing that the wise would later censure.

Sutta Nipata I, 8