THE PRECEPTS OF PTAH-HOTEP REPRESENT THE BEGINNING OF THE ARRANGEMENTS OF THE GOOD SAYING SPOKEN BY THE NOBLE LORD , THE DIVINE FATHER , THE BELOVED OF PTAH, AND THE SON OF THE KING TO THE FIRST BORN OF PTAH-HOTEP TO INSTRUCT THE IGNORANT IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE ARGUMENTS OF GOOD SAYINGS .

THE SAYINGS (MESSAGES) ARE ORGANIZED BASED ON THE IDEA THAT IS PROFITABLE FOR THE PERSON WHO HEARS THEM AND A LOSS TO THOSE THAT TRANSGRESS THEM .

"BE ACTIVE DURING THE TIME OF YOUR EXISTENCE AND DO NO MORE IS COMMANDED"