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

Once any group in society stands in a relatively deprived position in relation to other groups, it is genuinely deprived.

Let the French but have England, and they won’t want to conquer it.

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

The misfortune of the man of color is having been enslaved. The misfortune and inhumanity of the white man are having killed man somewhere.

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

No man has any natural authority over his fellow man.

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

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.

The less intelligent the white man is, the more stupid he thinks the black.

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

If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world, and that his heart is no island cut off from other lands, but a continent that joins to them.