To withdraw myself from myself has ever been my sole, my entire, my si >>
Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxic >>
Alas! how deeply painful is all payment! >>
Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it. >>
The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to >>
It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thought >>
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.