The Instructions of Ptah-Hotep
Be Kind and Receive Kindness in Return
Cause not fear among men; for [this) the God punishes likewise.
For there is a man that said, 'Therein is life ; and he is bereft of the bread of his mouth. There is a man that said, 'Power [is therein]' and he said, 'I seize for myself that which I perceive.' Thus a man speaks, and he is smitten down.
It is another that attains by giving unto him that has not; not he that causes men dread. For it happens that what the God has commanded, even that thing comes to pass. Live, therefore, in the house of kindliness, and men shall come and give gifts of themselves.
