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

No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation.

Children are all foreigners. We treat them as such.

“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.

Other nations use “force”; we Britons alone use “might.”

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

The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

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

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