'Tis solitude should teach us how to die;
It hath no flatterers; vanity can give
No hollow read more

'Tis solitude should teach us how to die;
It hath no flatterers; vanity can give
No hollow aid; alone--man with his God must strive.

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.

Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.

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

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

Gentlemen do not read each other's mail.

Gentlemen do not read each other's mail.

Alone, alone, all, all alone,
Alone on a wide, wide sea.

Alone, alone, all, all alone,
Alone on a wide, wide sea.

I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind

I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind

Privacy is the right to be alone--the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized man.

Privacy is the right to be alone--the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized man.

So vain is the belief
That the sequestered path has fewest flowers.

So vain is the belief
That the sequestered path has fewest flowers.

Nobody with me at sea but myself.

Nobody with me at sea but myself.