Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
[Lat., Absenti nemo ne nocuisse velit.]

Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent.
[Lat., Absenti nemo ne nocuisse velit.]

All days are nights to see till I see thee,
And nights bright days when dreams do show thee read more

All days are nights to see till I see thee,
And nights bright days when dreams do show thee to me.

Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.

Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire.

The absent are always in the wrong.

The absent are always in the wrong.

I dote on his very absence.

I dote on his very absence.

No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.

No friend to Love like a long voyage at sea.

'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'

'Presents,' I often say, 'endear absents.'

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.

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.