कुसुमस्तबकस्येव द्वयी वृत्तिर्मनस्विनः ।
मूर्ध्नि वा सर्वलोकस्य शीर्यते वन एव वा ॥३३॥
- नीतिशतकम् (भर्तृहरिः)
A person of high self-respect and noble mind has only two courses in life, just like a cluster of flowers. Either they adorn the head of the entire world, or they wither away unnoticed in the deep forest.