Speak no evil of an absent friend. (Non male loquare absenti amico.)
–Plautus
Seldom seen, soon forgotten.
–Richard Hilles
The pain without the peace of death.
–Plautus, on absence
The absent are as good as dead.
–Latin Proverb
The absent and the dead have no friends.
–Spanish Proverb
Absence makes the heart go wander.
–Unknown