"The general will is the constant will of all the members of the State; it is by it that they are citizens and free."

"To be truly free, we must be free from dependence on the opinions of others."

"Nature has made me different from all other men. I alone know my heart, and I alone know men. He who dares to say that he is like me is a liar."

"All my misfortunes come from my having loved too much, and having been too much loved."

"To be well governed, a state must be small."