“There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften.”
“Were floods of tears to be unloosed In tribute to my grief, The doves of Noah ne'er had roost Nor found an olive-leaf.”
“No grief is so acute but time ameliorates it.”
“There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften. [Lat., Nullus dolor est quem non longinquitas temporis minuat ac molliat.]”
“It is foolish to pluck out one's hair for sorrow, as if grief could be assuaged by baldness. [Lat., Stultum est in luctu capillum sibi evellere, quasi calvito maeror levaretur.]”
“It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.”
“Grief is not in the nature of things, but in opinion.”
“Work makes a callus against grief.”
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