Dhammapada · 8.9

Yaṃ kiñci yiṭṭhaṃ va hutaṃ va loke, saṃvaccharaṃ yajetha puññapekkho;Sabbampi taṃ na catubhāgameti, abhivādanā ujjugatesu seyyo.

Yam kinci yittham va hutam va loke, samvaccharam yajetha punnapekkho; Sabbampi tam na catubhagameti, abhivadana ujjugatesu seyyo.

Whatever sacrifice or offering one might make in the world for a year, hoping for merit — all of it is not worth a fourth: homage to the upright is better.

— Dhammapada 8.9

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.