To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties. For him who renounces everything no indemnit… - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.

so true it is that pleasure does not depend on extravagance, and that joy is as readily purchased by pence as pounds.

¡Qué manía en un ser tan efímero como el hombre ha de tener siempre fija la vista en un porvenir lejano que rara vez llega, y descuidar su presente, que es lo cierto!

[When under stress I thought of] the books I had read [and applied] them to myself. I [imagined I was] one of the characters [and soon found myself] in made-up circumstances which were most agreeable to my inclinations.