--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.
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