Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
sign of salute, meeting, alone
I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little.