The Instructions of Ptah-Hotep
Be Not Covetous With Your Neighbors
Be not covetous as touching shares, in seizing that which is not your own property. Be not covetous toward your neighbors ; for with a gentle man praise avails, more than might. He [that is covetous] comes empty from among his neighbors, being void of the persuasion of speech. One has remorse for even a little covetousness when his belly cools.
