The New Kingdom (circa 1539-1075 B.C.E.) scribe Any had many words of wisdom to impart to younger generations.

The scribe Khonshotep answered his father, the scribe Any:

I wish I were like (you)!
As learned as you!
Then I would carry out your teachings,
And the son would be brought to the father's place.
Each man is led by his nature,
You are a man who is a master,
Whose strivings are exalted,
Whose every word is chosen.
The son, he understands little
When he recites the words in the books.
But when your words please the heart,
The heart tends to accept them with joy.
Don't make your virtues too numerous,
That one may raise one's thoughts to you;
A boy does not follow the moral instructions,
Though the writings are on his tongue...