I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the difference.

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.

As I get older I'm more and more comfortable being alone.

I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone.

It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.

Even in the presence of others he was completely alone.

It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.

All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

I finally faced the fact that it isn't a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems.

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company.