Unless we love and are loved, each of us is alone, each of us is deeply lonely.

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

Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.

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

Every man must do two things alone he must do his own believing and his own dying.

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

You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.

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

I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.