Water is strong, but clouds bear it. Clouds are strong, but wind scatters them. Wind is strong, but a body can bear it. The body is strong, but fright crushes it. Fright is strong, but wine banishes it.
Wine is strong, but sleep works it off.
There is a story of a certain pious man who was in the habit of giving tzedakah. Once, while traveling on a ship, a storm arose and the ship sank into the sea. Before the time came for R. Akiva to stand up, the pious man entered and stationed himself before him. He accordingly assisted her out of his own pocket. Some time afterwards he became dangerously ill.