Grief never mended no broken bones, and as good people's wery scarce, what I says is, make the most on 'em.
Source: Sketches by Boz, `Scenes', Ch. 22, `Gin-Shops'
-- Charles Dickens, (Feb 7 1812-1870), English novelist, dramatist; He was one of most prolific and popular English novelists, e.g., A Christmas Carol, 1843 & Tale of Two Cities, 1859.