I am in the pitiable situation of feeling all the force of temptation without having the strength to succumb to it.
Lord ChesterfieldFor my own part, I would rather be in company with a dead man than with an absent one; for if the dead man gives me no pleasure, at least he shows me no contempt; whereas the absent one, silently indeed, but very plainly, tells me that he does not think me worth his attention.
Lord Chesterfield