Arthashastra
तुल्ये लाभे देश कालौ शक्त्य् उपायौ प्रिय अप्रियौ जव अजवौ सामीप्य विप्रकर्षौ तदात्व अनुबन्धौ सारत्व सातत्ये बाहुल्य बाहु गुण्ये च विमृश्य बहु गुण युक्तं लाभम् आददीत ॥
When profits (from two sources) are equal, he should consider the place and time, the strength and means (required to acquire it), affection and disaffection (caused by it), intrigue and absence of intrigue (involving it), its nearness and distance, its present and future effects, its constant worth or worthlessness, and its plentifulness and usefulness; and he should accept only that profit which is possessed of most of the above good characteristics.
english translation
tulye lAbhe deza kAlau zakty upAyau priya apriyau java ajavau sAmIpya viprakarSau tadAtva anubandhau sAratva sAtatye bAhulya bAhu guNye ca vimRzya bahu guNa yuktaM lAbham AdadIta ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript