குறள் 740

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Enaimaatchith Thaakiyak Kannum VinaimaatchiIllaarkan Illadhu Aran

Howe'er majestic castled walls may rise,To craven souls no fortress strength supplies

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Although a fort may possess all (the above-said) excellence, it is, as it were without these, if its inmates possess not the excellence of action