Egypt is the gift of the Nile.
We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
When a woman removes her garment, she also removes the respect that is hers.
But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first of all: that all human affairs are a wheel which, as it turns, does not allow the same men always to be fortunate.
A general curiosity about the unknown sparked by the multicultural milieu in which I spent my formative years. There was a lot of unknown back then, too. I dare say it was easier to be an explorer then.