Teaching.—Count it one of the highest virtues upon earth to educate faithfully the children of others, which so few, and scarcely any, do by their own.—Luther.
The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.—Bulwer-Lytton.
Tears.—The overflow of a softened heart.—Madame Swetchine.
Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.—Bible.
In woman's eye the unanswerable tear.—Byron.
Blest tears of soul-felt penitence.—Moore.
God washes the eyes by tears until they can behold the invisible land where tears shall come no more. O love! O affliction! ye are the guides that show us the way through the great airy space where our loved ones walked; and, as hounds easily follow the scent before the dew be risen, so God teaches us, while yet our sorrow is wet, to follow on and find our dear ones in heaven.—Beecher.
The kind oblation of a falling tear.—Dryden.
A penitent's tear is an undeniable ambassador, and never returns from the throne of grace unsatisfied.—Spencer.
Fate and the dooming gods are deaf to tears.—Dryden.