A bribe is as a magic stone in the eyes of him that gives it: wherever he turns, he prospers.

And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and weeds had covered its face, and its stone wall was broken down.

As he that binds a stone in a sling, so is he that gives honor to a fool.

Whosoever digs a pit shall fall in it: and he that rolls a stone, it will return upon him.

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.