Two neighbours came before jupiter and prayed him to granttheir hearts' desire. Now the one was full of avarice1, and theother eaten up with envy. So to punish them both, jupiter grantedthat each might have whatever he wished for himself, but only oncondition that his neighbour had twice as much. The avariciousman prayed to have a room full of gold. No sooner said than done;but all his joy was turned to grief when he found that hisneighbour had two rooms full of the precious metal. Then came theturn of the envious2 man, who could not bear to think that hisneighbour had any joy at all. So he prayed that he might have oneof his own eyes put out, by which means his companion would becometotally blind. 
Vices3 are their own punishment. 