The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries itself the causes of its destruction.
Jean Jacques Rousseau

We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.
Jean Jacques Rousseau

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is.
Jean Jacques Rousseau

Childhood is the sleep of reason.
Jean Jacques Rousseau

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in shackles.
Jean Jacques Rousseau

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
Jean Jacques Rousseau

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.
Jean Jacques Rousseau

Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.
Jean Jacques Rousseau