His own character is the arbiter of every ones fortune.
There is no need of spurs when the horse is running away.
Vices that are familiar we pardon, and only new ones reprehend.
Deliberando saepe perit occasio [The opportunity often slips away while we deliberate on it].
The gladiator lays his plans after he enters the arena.
He wrongly accuses Neptune, who makes shipwreck a second time.