“Invited, not inflicted; of all wounds, those that seem willful are the worst to bear.”

“Tell me the news, again, whatever it is... sorrow and I are hardly strangers. I can bear the worst.”

“What greater wound is there than a false friend?”

“The good leader repeats the good news, keeps the worst to himself.”

“Death is not the worst evil, but rather when we wish to die and cannot.”

“Best of children, sisters arm-in-arm, we must bear what the gods give us to bear-- don't fire up your hearts with so much grief. No reason to blame the pass you've come to now.”

“Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish.”