Jean Jacques Rousseau

"To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written."

- Jean Jacques Rousseau

"Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves."

- Jean Jacques Rousseau

"What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?"

- Jean Jacques Rousseau

"The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless."

- Jean Jacques Rousseau

"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet."

- Jean Jacques Rousseau

"All animals are distrustful of man, and with reason, but when once assured he does not mean to injure them, their confidence becomes so great that he must be worse than a barbarian who abuses it."

- Jean Jacques Rousseau

"The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty."

- Jean Jacques Rousseau

"Youth is the time to study wisdom; old age, is that of practicing it."

- Jean Jacques Rousseau

"But remain the teacher of the young teachers. Advise and direct us, and we will be ready to learn. I will have need of you as long as I live."

- Jean Jacques Rousseau

"Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect."

- Jean Jacques Rousseau