the higher you climb the steeper could be the fall

 

अत्यायासेन नात्मानं कुर्यादतिसमुच्छ्रयम्।

पातो यथा हि दुःखाय नोच्छ्रायः सुखकृत्तथा॥

atyāyāsena nātmānaṃ kuryādatisamucchrayam।

pāto yathā hi duḥkhāya nocchrāyaḥ sukhakṛttathā॥

Mahasubhashitasamgrahe 683

One should never exert himself beyond limits of tolerance to reach great heights. Once there is a climb, there would be a fall too and greater the exertion and climb, more uncomfortably steep the fall would be.