All of life is a foreign country.

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.

When the missionaries first came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, “Let us pray.” We closed our eyes. When we opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land.

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

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

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.

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

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

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

Of troubles none is greater than to be robbed of one’s native land.

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