However, anyone to whom this happens should not leave his room upon awakening, should speak to no-one, but remain alone and sober until everything comes back to him, and he recalls the dream. – Paracelsus

Not drunk is he who from the floor – Can rise alone and still drink more But drunk is They, who prostrate lies, Without the power to drink or rise. – Thomas Love Peacock

For each one of us stands alone in the midst of a universe. – John Buchanan Robinson