The sacrifice of Diogenes to all the gods.
Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?
I pissed on the man who called me a dog. Why was he so surprised?
Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly.
Boasting, like gilded armour, is very different inside from outside.
If you are to be kept right, you must possess either good friends or red-hot enemies. The one will warn you, the other will expose you.