Quotes about Solitude

“Go away, I'm all right!”

“I want to be left alone.”

“Solitude is un-American.”

“Solitude begets whimsies.”

“We walk alone in the world.”

“We never touch but at points.”

“Solitude: a sweet absence of looks.”

“A man by himself is in bad company.”

“In solitude, where we are least alone.”

“The strong man is strongest when alone.”

“The good and the wise lead quiet lives.”

“The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.”

“A solitude is the audience-chamber of God.”

“The best thinking has been done in solitude.”

“If you are afraid of loneliness, don't marry.”

“Life without a friend is death without a witness.”

“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.”

“Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.”

“Solitude is impractical and yet society is fatal.”

“Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity.”

“This great misfortune -- to be incapable of solitude.”

“Two Paradises t'were in one, to live in Paradise alone.”

“One can acquire everything in solitude except character.”

“If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.”

“Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.”

“The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food.”

“I have never found a companion so companionable as solitude.”

“Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are.”

“In the world a man lives in his own age; in solitude in all ages.”

“In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.”