Chachma Vs. Ma'asim

The Mishna in Avos in the third perek states "If your Chachma is greater than your Ma'asim you are compared to a tree whose branches are too big for its roots but if your Ma'asim are greater than your Chachma it is like you have bigger roots and shorter branches. The Maharal does not understand  the analogy, with a tree, you are looking at a ratio, so there is a ratio of branch to root that will cause the tree to become unstable, however with Chachma and Ma'asim man needs enough Ma'asim ostensibly to anchor oneself by how does that compare to where you need a ratio.

The Maharal explains that the analogy is actually very precise. The more Chachma one possesses the more Ma'asim he needs to balance that Chachma. The Maharal equates this to the Chazal that say that Torah can be a "som Chaim" if one is zoche or a som Hamaves if one is not zoche. If ones Ma'asim are not enough per ratio to match one's Chachma then the Chachma will/can bring one down. So it is a ratio and the more Chachma one acquires the greater the onus is upon that individual to acquire a greater degree of Ma'asim. A continuous balance is what is needed so a great Chacham MUST per ratio work on geater Ma'asim