The usual fortune for complaint is to excite contempt more than pity

Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason. We may have uneasy sensations from seeing a creature in distress, without pity; but we have not pity unless we wish to relieve him.

Don't tell your complaint to one who has no pity.

To show pity is felt as a sign of contempt because one has clearly ceased to be an object of fear as soon as one is pitied.

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe.