I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. – Henry David Thoreau, “Solitude,” Walden, 1854 #infj

He dare not come in company, for here he should be misused, disgraced, overshoot himself in gesture or speeches or be sick; he thinks everyman observes him. – Richard Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy

No human thing is of serious importance. – Plato

Shutting yourself in the wardrobe until the window cleaner has finished and left. – Rob Temple, @SoVeryBritish (Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourse