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

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

Strangers are an endangered species.

Nationalism is an infantile disease, the measles of mankind.

Many need no other provocation to enmity than that they find themselves excelled.

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

To think ill of mankind, and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.

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

To need to dominate others is to need others. The commander is dependent.

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

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

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.