"Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light the ...
"Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone; all leave it alone." - Thomas De Quincey
"... I feel always, on a Saturday night, as though I also ...
"... I feel always, on a Saturday night, as though I also were released from some yoke of labour, had some wages to receive, and some luxury of repose to enjoy" - Thomas De Quincey