--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.
--SPENSER.
With "gentleness" in his own character, "comfort" in his house, and
"good temper" in his wife, the earthly felicity of man is complete.
--FROM THE GERMAN.
Nothing leads more directly to the breach of charity, and to the
injury and molestation of our fellow-creatures, than the indulgence of
an ill temper.--BLAIR.
Too many have no idea of the subjection of their temper to the
influence of religion, and yet what is changed, if the temper is not?
If a man is as passionate, malicious, resentful, sullen, moody, or
morose after his conversion as before it, what is he converted from or
to?--JOHN ANGELL JAMES.
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