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

You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.

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

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

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

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

Even in the presence of others he was completely alone.

Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another.

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

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.