8 Ancient Egyptian Proverbs
- 1. A blow is repaid by the like of it, and all that is achieved is a hitting.
 - 2. Do not drink water in the house of a merchant: he will charge you for it.
 - 3. Empty not your soul to everybody and do not diminish thereby your importance.
 - 4. For everyone there is an appointed time.
 - 5. God loves him who cares for the poor more than him who respects the wealthy.
 - 6. Inquire about everything that you may understand it. be good tempered and magnanimous, that your disposition may be attractive.
 - 7. One who is serious all day will never have a good time, while one who is frivolous all day will never establish a household.
 - 8. Wine, women and food give gladness to the heart.

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