A light breath fans the flame, a violent gust extinguishes it.
The result justifies the deed.
We are slow to believe that which if believed would hurt our feelings.
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.
It is the act of a coward to wish for death.
A thousand ills require a thousand cures.