A bore is someone who takes away my solitude and doesn't give me companionship in return.
Henry David ThoreauI, who cannot stay in my chamber for a single day without acquiring some rust,... confess that I am astonished at the power of endurance, to say nothing of the moral insensibility, of my neighbors who confine themselves to shops and offices the whole day for weeks and months, aye, and years almost together. I know not what manner of stuff they are of,--sitting there now at three o'clock in the afternoon, as if it were three o'clock in the morning.
Henry David ThoreauThey take great pride in making their dinner cost much; I take my pride in making my dinner cost so little.
Henry David Thoreau