If you’re absent during my struggle, don’t expect to be present during my success.

Painting is possessed of divine power, for not only does it make the absent present, but also makes the dead almost alive.

Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows.

Every actor has a natural animosity toward every other actor, present or absent, living or dead

A gentleman has his eyes on all those present; he is tender toward the bashful, gentle toward the distant, and merciful toward the absent.

Committee: A group which succeeds in getting something done only when it consists of three members, one of whom happens to be sick and another absent.