The soul imperceptibly proportions itself to the objects that occupy it, and it is great events that make great men. Rousseau pg. 20

Integrity is even dearer to good men than erudition is to the studious. Rousseau pg. 2

I do not care about pleasing the witty or the fashionable. There will always be men destined to be subjugated by the opinions of their century, their country, their society....One should not write for such readers when one wants to live beyond one's century. Rousseau page 2