ABSTRACT
True greatness gives attention to the minutiae of business as well as to capital affairs; he who hath not capacity to comprehend the whole, ought to make choice of one or two intelligent, diligent, and virtuous men, and be guided by their advice. The wise esteem not him a king who consines his attention to great affairs, because sycophants abound who strive to place things in a false light, in order to prejudice the virtuous, and thereby promote their own particular interests. The royal domains and the Jagheer lands were separated, and a collector appointed over every crore of dams, to each of whom a treasurer was appointed. Providence has bestowed on men gold, silver, and copper, for the equitable adjustment of their transactions with each other; and princes, in order to give currency to those metals, have established mints, the success of which depends on the skill and integrity of the officers.
