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

Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.

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

If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.

I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the difference.

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

Absolutely lonely people have few personal interactions of any kind.

We are all sentenced to solitary confinement inside our own skins, for life.

I finally faced the fact that it isn't a crime not having friends. Being alone means you have fewer problems.

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