Ten powerful things were created in the world:

A rock is strong, but iron smashes it.

Iron is strong, but fire can melt it.

Fire is strong, but water extinguishes it.

Water is strong, but clouds absorb it.

Clouds are strong, but the wind disperses them.

Wind is strong, but a person withstands it.

A person is strong, but fear shatters him.

Fear is strong, but wine dissolves it.

Wine is strong, but sleep dispels it.

And stronger than all these is death.

...Yet righteousness and goodness will always conquer death.

-Talmud (Bava Batra 10a)