Nothing is more narrow-minded than chauvinism or racial hatred. To me all men are equal; there are flatheads everywhere and I despise them all equally.

I do desire we may be better strangers.

The less intelligent the white man is, the more stupid he thinks the black.

Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded.

In settling an island, the first building erected by a Spaniard will be a church, by a Frenchman a fort, by a Dutchman a warehouse, and by an Englishman an alehouse.

There is no foreign land; it is the traveler only that is foreign.

Children are all foreigners. We treat them as such.

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

France has neither winter, summer, nor morals—apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow man.

One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.

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.

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