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I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and read more
I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.
Among them, but not of them.
Among them, but not of them.
This is to be along; this, this is solitude!
This is to be along; this, this is solitude!
Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.
Solitude would be ideal if you could pick the people to avoid.
In solitude, when we are least alone.
In solitude, when we are least alone.
 I praise the Frenchman; his remark was shrewd,--
 "How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude."
  But grant read more 
 I praise the Frenchman; his remark was shrewd,--
 "How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude."
  But grant me still a friend in my retreat,
   Whom I may whisper--Solitude is sweet. 
Nobody with me at sea but myself.
Nobody with me at sea but myself.
I was never less alone than when by myself.
I was never less alone than when by myself.
We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.
We enter the world alone, we leave it alone.