Making checklists of things you're looking for in a person is the numero uno thing you can do to guarantee you'll be alone forever.

I'm a very brave person. I can go to North Vietnam, I can challenge my government, but I can't challenge the man I'm with if means I'm going to end up alone.

When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself.

At the root of the shy temperament is a deep fear of social judgment, one so severe it can sometimes be crippling. Introverted people don't worry unduly about whether they'll be found wanting, they just find too much socializing exhausting and would prefer either to be alone or in the company of a select few people.

Virtue alone has majesty in death.