The Consequences of Your Mischief

Wilfully you have fed
Your own mischief.
Soon it will crush you
As the diamond crushes stone.

By your own folly
You will be brought as low
As your worst enemy wishes.
So the creeper chokes the tree.

How hard it is to serve yourself,
How easy to lose yourself
in mischief and folly.

The Dhammapada
Chapter: Yourself