Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; every little absence is an age.

Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; every little absence is an age.

I dote on his very absence, and I wish them a fair departure.

I dote on his very absence, and I wish them a fair departure.

Your absence of mind we have borne, till your presence of body
came to be called in question by read more

Your absence of mind we have borne, till your presence of body
came to be called in question by it.

When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.

When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind.

The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.

The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.

Absence is to love what wind is to a fire; it puts out the little, it kindles the great.

Absence is to love what wind is to a fire; it puts out the little, it kindles the great.

The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.

The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.

Is not absence death to those who love?

Is not absence death to those who love?

Absence and death are the same--only that in death there is no suffering.

Absence and death are the same--only that in death there is no suffering.