Dhammapada · 4.6

Yathāpi bhamaro pupphaṃ, vaṇṇagandhamaheṭhayaṃ;Paḷeti rasamādāya, evaṃ gāme munī care.

Yathapi bhamaro puppham, vannagandhamahethayam; Paleti rasamadaya, evam game muni care.

As a bee, without injuring flower, color, or scent, departs with the nectar — so should the sage move through the village.

— Dhammapada 4.6

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.