At the Court of Periander of Corinth

In the words of Oliver Goldsmith, The History of Greece:

"Upon a certain occasion, when Solon was conversing with Anacharsis, the Scythian philosopher, about his intended reformations in the state; "Alas!" cried the Scythian, "all your laws will be found to resemble spider's webs; the weak and the small flies will be caught and entangled, but the great and powerful will always have strength enough to break through".