Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.—Montesquieu.
Speaking much is a sign of vanity; for he that is lavish in words, is a niggard in deed.—Sir Walter Raleigh.
Tears.—Tears of joy are the dew in which the sun of righteousness is mirrored.—Richter.
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.—Washington Irving.
The tear down childhood's cheek that flows,
Is like the dewdrop on the rose;
When next the summer breeze comes by,
And waves the bush, the flower is dry.
—Walter Scott.
Shame on those breasts of stone that cannot melt in soft adoption of another's sorrow.—Aaron Hill.
Tears may soothe the wounds they cannot heal.—Thomas Paine.
Hide not thy tears; weep boldly, and be proud to give the flowing virtue manly way; it is nature's mark to know an honest heart by.—Aaron Hill.
Tears are a good alterative, but a poor diet.—H.W. Shaw.
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.—Psalm 126:5.