“I love solitude but I prize it most when company is available.”

“I have learned that love is the most powerful force available to us. When we have real love we have the strength to perform miracles.”

“I find it wholesome to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon wearisome and dissipating. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”

“The highest prize in a world of men is the most beautiful woman available on your arm and living there in her heart loyal to you.”

“I hate who steals my solitude, without really offer me in exchange company.”

“My solitude doesn’t depend on the presence or absence of people; on the contrary, I hate who steals my solitude without, in exchange, offering me true company.”

“True happiness is impossible without solitude…. I need solitude in my life as I need food and drink and the laughter of little children. Extravagant though it may sound, solitude is the filter of my soul. It nourishes me, and rejuvenates me. Left alone, I discovered that I keep myself good company.”

“Lone I muse but feel not lonely,
Covert solitude’s my lore;
For my company I only
Want my thoughts and nothing more.”

“Solitude desolates me; company oppresses me.”

“Never forget that solitude is my lot… I implore those who love me to love my solitude."

(, May 11, 1910)”