No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage, since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall in misery the time when we were happy.

If you are alone you belong entirely to yourself... If you are accompanied by even one companion you belong only half to yourself, or even less, in proportion to the thoughtlessness of his conduct, and if you have more than one companion you will fall more deeply into the same plight

The body is a house of many windows. There we all sit, showing ourselves and crying on the passers-by to come and love us.