“It’s incredible, sir, it’s amazing, how well said this was by the Buddha. …

Sir, these are my spies, my undercover agents returning after spying on the country. I shall later make use of what they first spied out. Now—when they have rinsed off the dust and dirt, and are nicely bathed and anointed, with hair and beard dressed, and dressed in white—they will amuse themselves, supplied and provided with the five kinds of sensual stimulation.”

Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:

“Don’t strive in every situation, don’t become another’s man. Don’t live depending on another, and don’t use the teaching to make money.”

Heartfelt Sayings 6.3 The Buddha’s Reviewing

So I have heard. At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Now at that time the Buddha was sitting reviewing his own giving up of many bad, unskillful qualities, and the many skillful qualities he had fully developed.

Then, knowing the many bad, unskillful qualities that he had given up and the many skillful qualities he had fully developed, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:

“What was before then was not; what before was not then was. It never was, nor will it be, nor is it found today.”

Heartfelt Sayings 6.4 Followers of Various Other Religions (1st)