Novacula in Cotem

"He has met with his match;" the person he attacked has proved too strong for him, and "he is come off second best," as the razor, instead of injuring the stone, was itself destroyed. "et fragili quaerens illidere dentem, Offendet solido." Or as the viper, who, attempting to gnaw a file which he had found, wounded his own mouth, but left the file unhurt.