The faith that stands on authority is not faith.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
It appears to be a law that you cannot have a deep sympathy with both man and nature.
-Henry David Thoreau
Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.
-Oscar Wilde
When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death - ourselves.
-Eda LeShan
Associate yourself with people of good quality, for it is better to be alone than to be in bad company.
-Booker T. Washington
Decline starts with the replacement of dreams with memories and ends with the replacement of memories with other memories.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb