I was Better after I had Cried

“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried, than before--more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.” 
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations

A True Gentleman

"....no man who was not a true gentleman at heart, ever was, since the world began, a true gentleman in manner.  No varnish can hide he grain of the wood; and that the more varnish you put on, the more the grain will express itself."