 qualities that prolong the reign it is also said in some of the ancient books on the sermons and etiquette of kings the reign of a king will be prolonged if he has four qualities one of them that he is not satisfied for his subjects except with what he is satisfied with for himself the other that he does not delay an action for fear of its consequences the other that he makes his crown prince someone whom his subjects are satisfied with and choose not someone whom his soul desires and the fourth that he investigates the secrets of his subjects as a wet nurse investigates the dreams of her infant.
خصال تطول بها مدة الملك وأيضا فإنه يقال في بعض كتب الأوائل في مواعظ الملوك وآدابها إن الملك تطول مدته إذا كانت فيه أربع خصال إحداهما أنه لا يرضى لرعيته إلا ما يرضاه لنفسه، والأخرى أن لا يسوف عملا يخاف عاقبته، والأخرى أن يجعل ولي عهده من ترضاه وتختاره رعاياه، لا من تهواه نفسه، والرابعة أن يفحص عن أسرار الرعية، فحص المرضع عن منام رضيعها.