Generally we obtain very surely and very speedily what we are not too anxious to obtain. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
That which renders life burdensome to us generally arises from the abuse of it. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
What good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor? — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A blue-stocking is the scourge of her husband, children, friends, servants, and — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Supreme happiness consists in self-content; that we may gain this self-content, we — Jean-Jacques Rousseau