We have a call to do good, as often as we have the power and occasion. — William Penn Copy Share Image
We are apt to be very pert at censuring others, where we will not endure advice. — William Penn Copy Share Image
Death then, being the way and condition of life, we cannot love to live if we cannot bear to die. — William Penn Copy Share Image
If thou rise with an Appetite, thou art sure never to sit down without one. — William Penn Copy Share Image
If thou thinkest twice before thou speakest once, thou wilt speak twice the better for it. — William Penn Copy Share Image
It were happy if we studied nature more in natural things; and acted according to nature, whose rules are few, plain, and… — William Penn Copy Share Image
For nothing reaches the heart but what is from the heart, or pierces the conscience but what comes from a living conscience — William Penn Copy Share Image
I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do ... let me do it now. — William Penn Copy Share Image
Five things are requisite to a good officer — ability, clean hands, despatch, patience, and impartiality. — William Penn Copy Share Image
They that Marry for Money cannot have the true Satisfaction of Marriage; the requisite Means being wanting. — William Penn Copy Share Image
I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Men not living to what they know, cannot blame God, that they know no more. — William Penn Copy Share Image
The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. — William Penn Copy Share Image
It is safer to learn than teach; and who conceals his opinion has nothing to answer for. — William Penn Copy Share Image
Hasty resolutions are of the nature of vows, and to be equally avoided. — William Penn Copy Share Image
No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. — William Penn Copy Share Image
She is but half a wife that is not, nor is capable of being, a friend. — William Penn Copy Share Image
Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union… — William Penn Copy Share
Once you've accumulated sufficient knowledge to get by, you're too old to remember it. — William Penn Copy Share
Religion is the fear of God, and its demonstration good works; and faith is the root of both: For without faith we cannot please… — William Penn Copy Share
All excess is ill; but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is… — William Penn Copy Share
By liberty of conscience, we understand not only a mere liberty of the mind, in believing or disbelieving this or that principle or doctrine;… — William Penn Copy Share
Content not thyself that thou art virtuous in the general; for one link being wanting, the chain is defective. — William Penn Copy Share
We are apt to be very pert at censuring others, where we will not endure advice. — William Penn Copy Share
It is admirable to consider how many millions of people come into, and go out of the world, ignorant of themselves and of the… — William Penn Copy Share
If thou wouldst rule well, thou must rule for God, and to do that, thou must be ruled by him... Those who will not… — William Penn Copy Share
In the rush and noise of life, as you have intervals, step home within yourselves and be still. Wait upon God, and feel His… — William Penn Copy Share
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