Thou art a wise man, thine own wisdom use

To save thyself. For me, I’ll even endure

These pains, till Jove shall please to slack his ire.

Ocean.

Know’st thou not this, Prometheus, that mild words

Are medicines of fierce wrath?[n28]

Prometheus.

They are, when spoken

In a mild hour; but the high-swelling heart

They do but fret the more.