Either do not attempt at all or go through with it.
When all the other animals, downcast looked upon the earth, he [Prometheus] gave a face raised on high to man, and commanded him to see the sky and raise his high eyes to the stars.
There is no excellence uncoupled with difficulties.
It is the act of a coward to wish for death.
Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.
The spirits run riot in youth.