A common affliction of old age is a diminution, at times quite troublesome, of the constant lubrication of the eyes, particularly the corneas, provided by the lachrymal glands in the lateral corners of the eyes.
A sure temporary relief from this may reliably obtained, if you are not incurably cynical, by reading Dickens. He quite unashamedly strives, successfully, in my case, to send almost enough secretion to compel me to apply a Kleenex to my nose to catch the flood that leaves my eyes to enter my nostrils. Let our two accredited antisentimentalists scoff.
May they suffer the extremes of xerophthalmia.