The Instructions of Ptah-Hotep
Be a True Emissary
If you be an emissary sent from one noble to another, be exact after the manner of him that sent you, give his message even as he has said it. Beware of making enmity by your words, setting one noble against the other by perverting truth. Overstep it not, neither repeat that which any man, be he prince or peasant, said in opening his heart to you; it is abhorrent to the soul.
