“Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.”
“Solitude sometimes is best society.”
“Solitude is impractical and yet society is fatal.”
“Talent develops in solitude, character develops in the stream of life.”
“One can acquire everything in solitude except character.”
“Solitude is strength; to depend on the presence of the crowd is weakness. The man who needs a mob to nerve him is much more alone than he imagines.”