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

What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.

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

I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone.

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

Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one.

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

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

The time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself.

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