Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
Absolutely lonely people have few personal interactions of any kind.
ALONE, INTERACTIONS OF ANY KIND
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.
I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.
paint, portraits, alone, person