“For solitude is sometimes best society, And short retirement urges sweet return”
John Milton
“I had three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society”
Henry David Thoreau
“Solitude is impractical and yet society is fatal.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“We need society, and we need solitude also, as we need summer and winter, day and night, exercise and rest.”
Philip Gilbert Hamerton
“The best thinking has been done in solitude. The worst has been done in turmoil.”
Thomas Alva Edison
“Be able to be alone. Lose not the advantage of solitude, and the society of thyself.”
Thomas Browne Sr.
“Solitude is often the best society”
Proverb
