For, if I stay behind, and set you free,

The fury of the king would fall on me.

Cleom. Then, to prevent your fate, I must not go;

Death is my choice, since heaven will have it so.

Cas. Heaven would preserve your life, and so would I;

But you are obstinately bent to die.

Cleom. Some men are made of such a leaky mould,

That their filled vessels can no fortune hold:

Poured in, it sinks away, and leaves them dry;

Of that unsusceptible make am I.