The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was never given a choice between two matters except that he chose the easier of the two, as long as it was not sinful. If it was sinful, he would be the furthest of people from it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never took revenge for himself in anything, unless the sanctity of Allah was violated, in which case he would take retribution for the sake of Allah.
ما خير رسول الله ﷺ بين أمرين قط إلا أخذ أيسر هما ما لم يكن إثما، فإن كان إثما كان أبعد الناس منه، وما انتقم رسول الله ﷺ لنفسه في شيء قط، إلا أن تنتهك حرمة الله، فينتقم لله بها.
Malik narrated it in "Good Character" (2) from Ibn Shihab, from Urwa bin Zubayr, from Ayesha, and he related it.Bukhari narrated it in "Manners" (6126), and Muslim in "Virtues" (2327: 77), both of them through the route of Malik, with the same wording.