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

Before the throne of the Almighty, man will be judged not by his acts but by his intentions. For God alone reads our hearts.

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

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

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

The capacity for not feeling lonely can carry a very real price, that of feeling nothing at all.

I have so many different personalities in me and I still feel lonely.

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.