Being cast out of the house was the ultimate sanction with which Mexica elders threatened the young: "Already in another's compound, already in the entrance of another's house: With this saying were taught, were admonished one's sons or the common folk, in order that no one might do an improper, a bad thing; in order not to be driven forth, in order not to be forced to wander to others' compounds, to others' house entrances. He was advised:" "If you do something evil, you will be driven forth, you will be made to wander in others' compounds, in the entrances of others' houses."