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

The almost insoluble task is to let neither the power of others, nor our own powerlessness, stupefy us.

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

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

Strangers are an endangered species.

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

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

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

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

“Abroad,” that large home of ruined reputations.

There is no foreign land; it is the traveler only that is foreign.

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.