It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.
George Washington
The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.
Arthur Schopenhauer
Laugh and the world laughs with you, Weep and you weep alone; For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
It is strange that those we miss the most Are those we take for granted.
Sir John Betjeman
If all the world hated you, and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved you, and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends.
Patrick Branwell Bront
Solitude is certainly a fine thing; but there is pleasure in having someone who can answer, from time to time, that it is a fine thing.
Jean Louis Guez de Balzac
People who live alone always have something on their minds that they would willingly share.
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
If I met you in a scissor fight, I'd cut off both your wings on principle alone.
Brandon Boyd
To be left alone is the most precious thing one can ask of the modern world.
Anthony Burgess
Even if I have to stand alone, I will not be afraid to stand alone. I'm going to fight for you. I'm going to fight for what's right. I'm going to fight to hold people accountable.
Barbara Levy Boxer
We passed upon the stair, we spoke of was and when Although I wasn't there, he said I was his friend Which came as some surprise I spoke into his eyes I thought you died alone, a long long time ago.
David Robert Jones
When you're leaving your teenage kids alone, probably a good idea to let them know you're going to be checking in on them occasionally. I suspect Greenspan missed that part.
Ian Bremmer