If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.

If you wish me to weep, you must first show grief yourself.

Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
[Lat., Nihil enim lacryma citius arescit.]

Nothing dries sooner than a tear.
[Lat., Nihil enim lacryma citius arescit.]

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.

And the tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.

And the tear that is wiped with a little address,
May be follow'd perhaps by a smile.

Tears are words that are too deep to be spoken...

Tears are words that are too deep to be spoken...

We weep when we are born,
Not when we die!

We weep when we are born,
Not when we die!

A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear.

A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear.

Never a tears bedims the eye
That time and patience will not dry.

Never a tears bedims the eye
That time and patience will not dry.

Accept these grateful tears! for thee thy flow,
For thee, that ever felt another's woe!

Accept these grateful tears! for thee thy flow,
For thee, that ever felt another's woe!