Solitude is the despair of fools, the torment of the wicked, and the joy of the good. (?)
Solitude is the home of the strong; silence, their prayer. Ravignan.
Solitude sometimes is best society, / And short retirement urges sweet return. Milton.
Solitude, the safeguard of mediocrity, is to genius the stern friend, the cold, obscure shelter where moult the wings that will bear it farther than suns and stars. He who would inspire and lead his race must be defended from travelling with the souls of other men, from living, breathing, reading, and writing in the daily time-worn yoke of their opinions. Emerson.
Solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant—They 30 make a solitude, and call it peace.
Sollen dich die Dohlen nicht umschrein, / Musst du nicht Knopf auf dem Kirchthurm sein—If jackdaws are not to scream around you, you must not be a ball on the church spire. Goethe.
Sollicitæ mentes speque metuque pavent—Minds that are ill at ease are agitated both with hope and fear. Ovid.
Sollicitant alii remis freta cæca, ruuntque / In ferrum: penetrant aulas, et limina regum—Some disturb unknown seas with oars, some rush upon the sword; some push their way into courts and the portals of kings. Virg.
Solo cedit, quicquid solo plantatur—Whatever is planted in the soil goes with it. L.
Solo Deo salus—Salvation from God alone. 35 M.