Dhammapada · 4.11

Na pupphagandho paṭivātameti, na candanaṃ tagaramallikā vā;Satañca gandho paṭivātameti, sabbā disā sappuriso pavāyati.

Na pupphagandho pativatameti, na candanam tagaramallika va; Satanca gandho pativatameti, sabba disa sappuriso pavayati.

The scent of flowers does not travel against the wind — nor sandalwood, nor jasmine. But the scent of the virtuous travels even against the wind; the good person diffuses in every direction.

— Dhammapada 4.11

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.