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.

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

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

I am a man: I consider nothing human alien to me.

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

I do desire we may be better strangers.

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

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

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

No man has any natural authority over his fellow man.

The noblest kind of retribution is not to become like your enemy.

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.