When a man takes the road to destruction, the gods help him along.
So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle, stricken with a dart, Said, when he saw the fashion of the shaft: With our own feathers, not by others' hands, Are we now smitten.
The words of truth are simple.
For hostile word let hostile word be paid.
In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.
Who holds a power but newly gained is ever stern of mood.