From The First Moment Of

The Passage From The State Of Nature To The Civil State Produces A Very Remarkable Change In Man, By Substituting Justice For Instinct In His Conduct.

The Severity Of Penalties Is Only A Vain Resource, Invented By Little Minds In Order To Substitute Terror For That Respect Which They Have No Means Of Obtaining.

The First Man To Fence In A Piece Of Land, Saying "this Is Mine" And Who Found People Simple Enough To Believe Him, Was The Real Founder Of Civil Society.

Luxury... Corrupts At Once Rich And Poor, The Rich By Possession And The Poor By Covetousness.

Little Privations Are Easily Endured When The Heart Is Better Treated Than The Body.