Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
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
All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.
misfortunes spring, being alone
In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone but sometimes it is a great relief.
The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.
real progress lies in learning to be wrong
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.
A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven.
man, content, heaven, alone, never
The capacity for not feeling lonely can carry a very real price, that of feeling nothing at all.
capacity, feeling lonely, alone, feeling
Only the lonely know the way I feel tonight.
Only the lonely know the way I feel tonight.
