William Penn Quotes
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Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
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The Country is both the Philosopher's Garden and his Library, in which he Reads and Contemplates the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God.
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Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.
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Next to God, thy parents.
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Where thou art Obliged to speak, be sure speak the Truth: For Equivocation is half way to Lying, as Lying, the whole way to Hell.
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They that Marry for Money cannot have the true Satisfaction of Marriage; the requisite Means being wanting.
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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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Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
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Those who live to live forever, never fear dying.
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Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.
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Choose a friend as thou dost a wife, till death separate you.
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It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.
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Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.
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We are inclined to call things by the wrong names. We call prosperity 'happiness', and adversity 'misery' eventhough adversity is the school of wisdom and often the way to eternal happiness.
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The public must and will be served.
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Let men be good, and the Government cannot be bad.
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Never esteem people (including yourself) more because they have money, nor think less of anyone (including yourself) because they lack it. Virtue is the only just reason for respecting anyone, lack of virtue the only reason for holding anyone in low regard.
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Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.
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A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.
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If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it. No man is compelled to evil: his consent only makes it his. It is no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome.
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Be rather bountiful, than expensive.
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Love labor: for if thou dost not want it for food, thou mayest for physic. It is wholesome for thy body and good for thy mind.
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A man in business must put up many affronts if he loves his own quiet.
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Tis the glory of a man to vail to truth; as it is the mark of a good nature to be easily entreated.