A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and in fleeing them the cowardice of the heart.
Source: From an Internet collection of quotations.
-- Pietro Aretino, (Apr 20 1492-1556), Italian poet, writer, dramatist; He was celebrated throughout Europe in his time for his fiery letters and insolent literary attacks on the powerful.