“Beware when making a woman cry. God is counting her tears.”

“Doesn't a boy forever delight in making a girl cry? Whether it is his sister or cousin or school-fellow, he always has some little feminine victim to vent his mischievous propensities on, with a view to seeing her 'dissolved in tears'; when he adds insult to injury by denominating her a 'cry baby.”

“It no longer makes me cry and die and tear myself to see her go because everything goes away from me like that now”

“Any woman who counts on her face is a fool.”

“"Beware Okonkwo!" she warned. "Beware of exchanging words with Agbala. Does a man speak when a god speaks? Beware!"”

“Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.”

“Nobody is worth your tears, and the one who is won't make you cry”

“Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.”

“There is sorrow enough in the natural way
From men and woman to fill our day;
But when we are certain of sorrow in store,
Why do we always arrange for more?
Brothers & Sisters, I bid you beware
Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.”

“A woman withers when she is watered only with tears.”