馬得意洋洋地到處炫耀自己華美的配飾。他看到一頭馱著重物的驢子在大路上艱難地前進，就嘲笑他： “你行動真是艱難啊！我真想狠狠地踢你幾腳！ ”驢子沒有搭理他，隻是默默地向天神禱告。沒過多久，馬就患病了，被趕到農田裏幹活。看著拉著糞車的馬，驢子就取笑他： “嗨。吹牛的人，你的精美的配飾哪裏去了呢？你怎麼會淪落到這種地步呢？ ”
不能因一時的榮華就不可一世。
A Horse，proud of his .rappi an Ass on the highway. The Ass，being heavily laden，moved slowly out of the way. “Hardly，” said the Horse，“ I resist kiy heels.” The Ass held his pead made o appeal to the justice of the gods. Not lohe H bee broken-winded，was sent by his owhe Ass，seeing him drawing a dung cart，thus derided him，“Where， O boaster，are now all thy gay trappings，thou who are thyself reduced to the you so lately treated with pt?”
Better humble security than gilded danger.