The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time. Edmund Burke
Those who weep recover more quickly than those who smile. Jean Giraudoux
Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength. Ovid
Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water. Antoine Rivarol
That grief is light which can take counsel. Seneca
Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself. Seneca