In fact, the real source of all thosedifferences, is that the savage lives within himself, whereas thecitizen, constantly beside himself, knows only … - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Social man lives always outside himself; he knows how to live only in the opinion of others, it is, so to speak, from their judgement alone that he derives the sense of his own existence.

lo misterioso me inquieta siempre, es harto contrario a mi carácter, abierto hasta la imprudencia.

However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.

If instead of making a child stick to his books I employ him in a workshop, his hands work for the development of his mind. While he fancies himself a workman he is becoming a philosopher.