Henry Ward Beecher Quotes about Pain

Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.
Henry Ward Beecher (1868). “Norwood: Or, Village Life in New England”, p.454
Pain is God's midwife, that helps some virtue into existence.
Henry Ward Beecher (1871). “Plymouth Pulpit: A Weekly Publication of Sermons Preached by Henry Ward Beecher”, p.372
Henry Ward Beecher (1887). “Beecher : Christian Philosopher, Pulpit Orator, Patriot and Philantropist: A Volume of Representative Selections from the Sermons, Lectures, Prayers, and Letters of Henry Ward Beecher”