"Take a man, he can get worried an’ worried, an’ it eats out his liver, an’ purty soon he’ll jus’ lay down and die with his heart et out. But if you can take an’ make ‘im mad, why, he’ll be awright."
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 26. After riling up Pa Joad by criticizing him out for having no job and threatening him with a stick, Ma Joad admits that there is method in her madness. She tells her son Tom that if a man gives in to worry he is defeated, but rouse him to anger and he’ll be fine.