A truth born of molars: 
people are fickle and their feet will stake them, always, in fairer weather. They do this as our ungulate friends do: grazing from pasture to pasture. 

We re hard-pressed, in life, to find people who move through the action of their eyes, upright and ahead, instead of the idleness of shuffling feet; we are hard-pressed to find people who act on principle instead of out of convenience. 

And the hard part is that both types look the same. 

Now to really beat this metaphor into the ground: know that winter comes to the pasture first. 

-crowbars and where to find them