सुभाषितरत्नभाण्डागार - श्रुत शील कुल कर्म

यथा चतुर्भिः कनकं परीक्ष्यते
    निघर्षणच्छेदन तापताडनैः ।
तथा चतुर्भिः पुरुषः परीक्ष्यते
    श्रुतेन शीलेन कुलेन कर्मणा ॥

- सुभाषितरत्नभाण्डागार

yathA chaturbhiH kanakam parIkshyate
    nigharShaNa chChedana tApa tADana ।
tathA chaturbhiH puruShaH parIkshyate
    shrutena shIlena kulena karmaNA ॥

- subhAShitaratnabhANDAgAra

The quality of gold is determined by four types of test - scratching against touch stone, cutting, heating and beating. The quality of man should also be tested in four dimensions - education, character, family (bring up)
and his actions.

- Subhashitaratnabhandagara

भागवत - आचार

ईश्वराणां वचः सत्यं तथैवाचरितं क्वचित् ।
तेषां यत् स्ववचोयुक्तं बुद्धिमांस्तत् समाचरेत् ॥

- भागवत

IshvarANAM vachaH satyam tathaivAcharitam kvachit ।
teShAm yat svavachoyuktam buddhimAMstat samAcharet ॥

- bhAgavata

Whatever God says (in the Bhagavadgeetha) is truth. But his actions may not always be right. A wise man must observe when He has acted in accordance to his words and follow only that. (This verse may be in response to critics of Lord Krishna's questionable methods of fighting evil with deceit)

- Bhagavata