Jean Jacques Rousseau - The Social Contract, 1762

The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.
Jean Jacques Rousseau - Emile, 1762
The happiest is the person who suffers the least pain; the most miserable who enjoys the least pleasure.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Your first appearance, he said to me, is the gauge by which you will be measured; try to manage that you may go beyond yourself in after times, but beware of ever doing less.
Jean Jacques Rousseau - The Social Contract
Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
God makes all things good; man meddles with them and they become evil.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State "What does it matter to me?" the State may be given up for lost.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.

- Jean Jacques Rousseau - The Social Contract, 1762