“When we two parted
In silence and tears,
Half brokenhearted,
To sever for years.”

“In secret we met
In silence I grieve,
That thy heart could forget,
Thy spirit deceive.
If I should meet thee
After long years,
How should I greet thee?
With silence and tears.”

“If I should meet thee
After long years
How should I greet thee?
With silence and tears.”

“Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears”

“By art and swindling here
Men live for half the year;
By swindling and by art
They live the other part.”

“We're leaving Downing Street for the last time after eleven-and-a-half wonderful years, and we're very happy that we leave the United Kingdom in a very, very much better state than when we came here eleven and a half years ago.”

“Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.”

“He played of love and loss and years of silence, words unsaid and vows unspoken, and all the spaces between his heart and theirs; and when he was done, and he'd set the violin back in its box, Will's eyes were closed, but Tessa's were full of tears.”

“Jesus wept once; possibly more than once. There are times when God asks nothing of His children except silence, patience, and tears.”

“I think it's much severe than what you have experienced in the past year or two for the general economic situation.”