متى اعتراك انقباضٌ من النفس أو اضطرابٌ في الفكر، فاجعل لنفسك قاعدة ألّا تُذيعه بالشكوى، بل اجتهد كل الاجتهاد في إخفائه؛ فبمحاولة الإخفاء تجففه. وكن دائمًا مشغولًا.

“When any fit of gloominess, or perversion of mind, lays hold upon you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaints, but exert your whole care to hide it; by endeavouring to hide it; you will dry it away. Be always busy.”Samuel Johnson — The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished (1824)