No more we meet in yonder bowers Absence has made me prone to roving; But older, firmer hearts than ours, Have found monotony in loving.

No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no cause to miss him less.

Failing to be there when a man wants her is a woman's greatest sin, except to be there when he doesn't want her.

Absence and a friendly neighbor washes away love.

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

Absence -- that common cure of love.

Parting is such sweet sorrow.

A short absence is the safest.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Greater things are believed of those who are absent.