Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow man.

Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them.

Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.

Of troubles none is greater than to be robbed of one’s native land.

Let the French but have England, and they won’t want to conquer it.

We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language.

A criminal may improve and become a decent member of society. A foreigner cannot improve. Once a foreigner, always a foreigner. There is no way out for him.

If you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean.

By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.

Nationalism is an infantile disease, the measles of mankind.

I do desire we may be better strangers.

Some of us would be greatly astonished to learn the reasons why others respect us.