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

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

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

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

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.

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

All of life is a foreign country.

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.

I want to be the white man’s brother, not his brother-in-law.

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.”

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.