L'absence diminue les mediocres passions, et augmente les grandes,comme le vent eteint les bougies, et allume le feu. Absence diminishes commonplace passions, and increases great ones, as wind extinguishes candles and kindles fire.
Francois de La RochefoucauldWe would rather see those to whom we do good, than those who do good to us.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld