Not from Hades' black and universal lake can you lift him. Not by groaning, not by prayers. Yet you run yourself out in a grief with no cure, no time… - Sophocles

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.

Take these things to heart, my son, I warn you.
All men make mistakes, it is only human.
But once the wrong is done, a man
can turn his back on folly, misfortune too,
if he tries to make amends, however low he's fallen,
and stops his bullnecked ways. Stubbornness
brands you for stupidity - pride is a crime.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.