All that his troubles had taught him was an humble imitation of the tricky natures of those he dealt with; so that he plotted and schemed and contrived, till his very head grew weary with the labor.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Was it some ancient racial superstition of primitive man's that when the gods smiled then they plotted evil?
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford
One day, because he was tired and unhappy, he knocked their heads together, and they plotted to destroy him, but they were afraid, and secretly admired what they called his coarse habits.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole