hat you keep by you, you may change and mend;
But words once spoken can never be recalled.
--ROSCOMMON.

Such as thy words are, such will thy affections be esteemed; and such
will thy deeds as thy affections, and such thy life as thy deeds.
--SOCRATES.

But far more numerous was the herd of such,
Who think too little, and who talk too much.
--DRYDEN.

He who indulges in liberty of speech, will hear things in return which
he will not like.--TERENCE.

The tongue is the instrument of the greatest good and the greatest
evil that is done in the world.--SIR WALTER RALEIGH.

He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike
dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.--LAVATER.

A wise man reflects before he speaks; a fool speaks, and then reflects
on what he has uttered.--FROM THE FRENCH.

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.

Every tear is a verse, and every heart is a poem.--MARC ANDRE.

Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
--PSALM 30:5.

TEMPER.--The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than
fortune.--LA ROCHEFOUCAULD.

In vain he seeketh others to suppress,
Who hath not learn'd himself first to subdue.