William Penn Quotes
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Do what good thou canst unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen.
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No people can be truly happy... if abridged of the freedom of their consciences
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Perfect love casteth out fear.
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Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast. Yet it must be confessed that wit given an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely.
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Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.
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Inquire often, but judge rarely, and thou wilt not often be mistaken.
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Justice is justly represented blind, because she sees no difference in the parties concerned. She has but one scale and weight, for rich and poor, great and small.
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Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.
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Charity is ... a universal remedy against discord, and an holy cement for mankind.
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Haste makes work which caution prevents.
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Every stroke our fury strikes is sure to hit ourselves at last.
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You are Englishmen; mind your privileges, give not away your right.
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My prison shall be my grave before I will budge a jot; for I owe my conscience to no mortal man.
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The receipts of cookery are swelled to a volume; but a good stomach excels them all.
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A jealous man only sees his own spectrum when he looks upon other men, and gives his character in theirs.
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Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
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Wherefore, brethren, let us be careful neither to out-go our guide, nor yet loiter behind him; since he that makes haste, may miss his way, and he that stays behind, lose his guide.
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The best recreation is to do good.
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For we put the power in the people.
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It is a severe rebuke upon us, that God makes us so many allowances, and we make so few to our neighbour.
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I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do ... let me do it now.
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People are more afraid of the laws of Man than of God, because their punishment seems to be nearest.
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In the rush and noise of life, as you have intervals, step home within yourselves and be still. Wait upon God, and feel His good presence; this will carry you evenly through your day's business.
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That plenty should produce either covetousness or prodigality is a perversion of providence; and yet the generality of men are the worse for their riches.