No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well.

I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense.

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you.

Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.