Absence is a genuine absence and not merely an absence of what is present even if what is present is truly absent... it is rather the absence of both absence and presence.

Absence is the common cure of love.

Absence is the death of love.

Absence is love's foe: far from the eyes, far from the heart.

Aging is a progression through spills, drills, thrills, bills, ills, pills and wills.

Aging is when the passing years have drunk a portion of the light from your eyes, and left their traces on your cheeks, as birds that drink at lakes leave their footprints on the margin.

Aging is not so bad — it is still the only way we have found to live longer.

Aging is a story of spills, drills, thrills, bills, ills, pills, and then wills.

Grief is a room without doors.

Grief is the essence of humanity — Man, when he does not grieve, hardly exists.

Grief is a great struggle — grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.

Grief is a developer of the powers of the mind.

A Guest is wise to stay a short time — A person is a guest for one or two days, but becomes an intruder on the third

A Guest is, if unbidden, most welcome when they are gone.

The Guest is to be treated well — a guest knows no fast.

A Guest is wise not to overstay his welcome — a guest and a fish smell in three days.