“Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.”

“But we may go further, and affirm most truly, that it is a mere and miserable solitude to want true friends; without which the world is but a wilderness; and even in this sense also of solitude, whosoever in the frame of his nature and affections, is unfit for friendship, he taketh it of the beast, and not from humanity.”

“When we intended to enjoy being cruel, we must transform our victim into either a beast or a god.”

“The very pure spirit does not bother about the regard of others or human respect, but communes inwardly with God, alone and in solitude as to all forms, and with delightful tranquility, for the knowledge of God is received in divine silence.”

“No wild beasts are so dangerous to men as Christians are to one another.”

“The wild, cruel beast is not behind the bars of the cage. He is in front of it.”

“…the wild flowers blooming in hushed solitude
Start not at the whispering, 'tis but the breeze”

“He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.”

“The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture for wild beasts to fight in.”

“Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.”