A man in business must put up many affronts if he loves his own quiet. — 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
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
Love labor: for if thou dost not want it for food, thou mayest for physic. It is wholesome for thy body and… — 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
If it be an evil to judge rashly or untruly any single man, how much a greater sin it is to condemn… — William Penn Copy Share Image
If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not tell them… — William Penn Copy Share Image
If thou wouldst be happy, bring thy mind to thy condition, and have an indifferency for more than what is sufficient. — William Penn Copy Share Image
Love labour: for if thou dost not want it for food, thou mayest for physique. It is wholesome for the body, and… — William Penn Copy Share Image
If we are but sure the end is right, we are too apt to gallop over all bounds to compass it; not… — William Penn Copy Share Image
If thou wouldst rule well, thou must rule for God, and to do that, thou must be ruled by him... Those who… — William Penn Copy Share Image
“For disappointments, that come not by our own folly, they are the trials or corrections of Heaven: and it is our own… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Disappointments that aren't a result of our own foolishness are a testing of our faith or a correction from heaven, and it… — William Penn Copy Share Image
If thy debtor be honest and capable, thou hast thy money again, if not with increase, with praise; if he prove insolvent,… — William Penn Copy Share Image
If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not give them… — William Penn Copy Share Image
There is a troublesome humor some men have, that if they may not lead, they will not follow; but had rather a… — William Penn Copy Share Image
You are now fixed at the mercy of no governor that comes to make his fortune great; you shall be governed by… — William Penn Copy Share Image
By liberty of conscience, we understand not only a mere liberty of the mind, in believing or disbelieving this or that principle… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Let us then try what Love will do: For if Men do once see we love them, we should soon find they… — William Penn Copy Share Image
No people can be truly happy... if abridged of the freedom of their consciences — William Penn Copy Share Image
If you protect a man from folly, you will soon have a nation of fools. — 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
If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it. No man is compelled to evil: his consent only makes it… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Frugality is good if liberality be joined with it. The first is leaving off superfluous expenses; the last is bestowing them to… — William Penn Copy Share Image
A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we ever do evil, that good may come of it... It is as… — William Penn Copy Share Image
Many able Gardeners and Husbandmen are yet Ignorant of the Reason of their Calling; as most Artificers are of the Reason of… — 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 Image
Once you've accumulated sufficient knowledge to get by, you're too old to remember it. — William Penn Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Content not thyself that thou art virtuous in the general; for one link being wanting, the chain is defective. — 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
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 Image
