Enduring grief like noble beings
Nahj al-Balāgha|Volume 1|Book 3|Chapter 414
٤١٤. وَفِي خَبَرٍ آخَرَ أَنَّهُ (عليه السلام) قَالَ لِلْأَشْعَثِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ مُعَزِّياً (عَنِ ابْنٍ لَهُ)
414. In another tradition it is related that Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said to al-Ash‘ath ibn Qays by way of condolence on the death of his son:
إِنْ صَبَرْتَ صَبْرَ الْأَكَارِمِ، وَإِلَّا سَلَوْتَ سُلُوَّ الْبَهَائِمِ.
Either endure like great people or else you will forget like animals.