Rock is hard, but iron splits it. Iron is hard, but fire softens it. Fire is hard, but water quenches it. 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.