“There is nothing worse than solitude. Solitude can help a man realize himself; but it destroys a woman”
“In solitude we realize that nothing human is alien to us.”
“Nothing is more dangerous than solitude.”
“I can receive nothing more from these tragic solitudes than a little empty purity.”
“In solitude the solitary man consumes himself, in the crowd the crowd consumes him.”
“But solitude is sadness.''Yes; it is sadness. Life, however, has worse than that. Deeper than melancholy lies heart-break.”