William Penn Quotes
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Neither despise nor oppose what thou dost not understand.
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Above all things endeavor to breed them up the love of virtue, and that holy plain way of it which we have lived in, that the world in no part of it get into my family. I had rather they we're homely than finely bred as to outward behavior; yet I love sweetness mixed with gravity, and cheerfulness tempered with sobriety.
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If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it.
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A man, like a watch, is to be valued for his manner of going.
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This is the Comfort of Friends, that though they may be said to Die, yet their Friendship and Society are, in the best Sense, ever present, because Immortal
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If thou rise with an Appetite, thou art sure never to sit down without one.
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Nothing shows our weakness more than to be so sharp-sighted at spying other men's faults, and so purblind about our own.
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Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
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They that soar too high, often fall hard.
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There is nothing of which we are apt to be so lavish as of time, and about which we ought to be more solicitous; since without it we can do nothing in this world.
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In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.
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Peace can only be secured by justice; never by force of arms.
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Never give out while there is hope; but hope not beyond reason, for that shows more desire than judgement.
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Never marry but for love; but see that thou lov'st what is lovely.
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If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not give them to him. Such a disposition is like lighting another man's candle by one's own, which loses none of its brilliancy by what the other gains.
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Neither great nor good things were ever attained without loss and hardships. Those that would reap and not labour, must faint with the wind, and perish in disappointments; but an hair of my head shall not fall, without the providence of my Father that is over all.
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Choose thy clothes by thine own eyes, not another's.
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If it be an evil to judge rashly or untruly any single man, how much a greater sin it is to condemn a whole people.
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The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.
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Nor must we always be neutral where our neighbors are concerned: for tho' meddling is a fault, helping is a duty.
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For disappointments, that come not by our own folly, they are the trials or corrections of Heaven: and it is our own fault, if they prove not our advantage.
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Did we believe a final Reckoning and Judgment; or did we think enough of what we do believe, we would allow more Love in Religion than we do; since Religion it self is nothing else but Love to God and Man. Love is indeed Heaven upon Earth; since Heaven above would not be Heaven without it: For where there is not Love; there is Fear: But perfect Love casts out Fear. Love is above all; and when it prevails in us all, we shall all be Lovely, and in Love with God and one with another.
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We have a call to do good, as often as we have the power and occasion.
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Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.