Dhammapada · 1.12
Sārañca sārato ñatvā, asārañca asārato;Te sāraṃ adhigacchanti, sammāsaṅkappagocarā.
Sarancha sarato natva, asarancha asarato; Te saram adhigacchanti, sammasankappagocara.
Those who know the essential as essential and the inessential as inessential — they reach the essence, dwelling in right thought.
— Dhammapada 1.12
Source: Pali text from the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Pali Canon (oldest extant Buddhist scripture, compiled c. 3rd century BCE). Public-domain English readings drawn from F. Max Müller's translation in Sacred Books of the East, Vol X (1881) and the Buddhist Publication Society's freely-licensed Acharya Buddharakkhita rendering.