Absence of proof is not proof of absence. – William Cowper
The path of sorrow and that path alone, leads to a land where sorrow is unknown. – William Cowper

Absence of proof is not proof of absence. – William Cowper
The path of sorrow and that path alone, leads to a land where sorrow is unknown. – William Cowper
Variety is the very spice of life that gives it all its flavour. – William Cowper
The heart may think it knows better: the senses know that absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. The friend becomes a traitor by breaking, however unwillingly or sadly, out of our own zone: a hard judgment is passed on him, for all the pleas of the heart. – Elizabeth Bowen
There is in them a softer fire than the ruby, there is the brilliant purple of the amethyst, and the sea green of the emerald – all shining together in incredible union. Some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil. – Pliny, about the opal