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.

God makes all things good; man meddles with them and they become evil.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.

He who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.

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.