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

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

All of life is a foreign country.

All men naturally hate each other. We have used concupiscence as best we can to make it serve the common good, but this is mere sham and a false image of charity, for essentially it is just hate.

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

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

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

I have said this before, but I shall say it again and again and again: your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars.

I do desire we may be better strangers.

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.

There are chance meetings with strangers that interest us from the first moment, before a word is spoken.

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