“Solitude will be welcomed or endured or avoided, according as a man's personal value is large or small.”
“For large values of 1, 1 approaches 2, for small values of 2.”
“A small company is more welcome to me than a bad one: but they must come and go at the right time. So does it accord with good sleep.”
“A man is a very small thing, and the night is very large and full of wonders.”
“Must you value what others value,avoid what others avoid?How ridiculous!”
“Solitude, isolation, are painful things, and beyond human endurance.”