XXV.

163 Fashion not thy heart in such wise that it hankers after things of wealth (luxurious foods and apparel),

164 Not unknowing are [fortune and destiny decreed by GOD].

165 Let not thyself abandon thy heart (mind) to the things that are extraneous.

166 Let every man have his hour (let every man choose his own time for his own affairs).

XXVI.

167 Form not the habit of ordering thyself to seek for more than thou hast

168 When thy own goods and possessions are in thy safe keeping.

XXVII.

169 If valuable goods which have been obtained by robbery have been brought together by thee

170 They will not pass the night in thy hands,

171 At daybreak certainly they will not be in thy house.

172 They will look at the place where they were, and most assuredly they will not be (there); they have swallowed themselves.

173 Either the ground has opened its mouth, and swallowed them up straightway,

174 And they have sunk down deep in the abyss (thereof);

175 Or they have become a great broken heap through rust (decay);

176 Or they have become submerged in the room (for waste);

177 Or they have made for themselves wings like the geese,

178 And have spread their wings and flown up into the sky.

XXVIII.

179 Make not thyself to take pleasure in rich treasures that have been obtained by robbery,

180 Whilst sighing (pretending to grieve) for the man who has been plundered (the beggar).

XXIX.

181 When the chieftain of the Stiu (Asiatics, or bowmen) departs from a man

182 His servants destroy him.

XXX.

183 If thou sailest with a robber thou wilt be left in the stream,

184 But the boat of the Ger has a fair wind (behind it).

XXXI.

185 Accustom thyself to direct thy sincere prayer to the Aten [GOD] when [the sun] is rolling up into the sky,

186 Saying, "Grant to me, I beseech Thee, strength and health."

187 He will give to thee the things that are necessary for the life.

188 Thou shalt be safe from anxious care.