Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia,
And therefore I forbid my tears; but yet
It is our trick, nature her custom holds,
Let shame say what it will: when these are gone,
The woman will be out. – Adieu, my lord:
I have a speech of fire, that fain would blaze,
But that this folly drowns it.
– William Shakespeare
Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 7. Gertrude has just told Laertes that Ophelia has drowned. Laertes cannot hold back his tears for the sister he loved. He has lost his father and now his sister. This turns out to be the breaking point for Laertes and sets him firmly on a revenge quest against Hamlet. Crying is not a manly thing to Laertes, he says that after he stops crying "the woman will be out."