All William Penn Quotes
- The public must and will be served. Funny
- Every stroke our fury strikes is sure to hit ourselves at last. Anger
- If thy debtor be honest and capable, thou hast thy money again, if not with increase, with praise; if he prove insolvent, don't ruin him… Art
- It is not only a troublesome but slavish to be nice [fastidious]. Fastidious
- Sense shines with double lustre when set in humility. Double
- Death then, being the way and condition of life, we cannot love to live if we cannot bear to die. Bear
- Religion is nothing else but love of God and man. God
- To be furious in religion is to be irreligiously religious. Furious
- 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… Body
- A private Life is to be preferrd; the Honour and Gain of publick Posts, bearing no proportion with the Comfort of it. Bearing
- If we are but sure the end is right, we are too apt to gallop over all bounds to compass it; not considering the lawful… All
- Covetousness is the greatest of monsters, as well as the root of all evil. All
- The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them; they are notable measures of directions for human… Answer
- 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. Any
- Be rather bountiful, than expensive. Bountiful
- Some men do as much begrudge others a good name, as they want one themselves: and perhaps that is the reason of it. Begrudge
- A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both as his honest interest leads him. Both
- Do what good thou canst unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen. Canst
- 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… Adversity
- It is the amends of a short and troublesome life, that doing good and suffering ill entitles man to a longer and better. Amends
- They that Marry for Money cannot have the true Satisfaction of Marriage; the requisite Means being wanting. Inspirational
- The smaller the drink, the clearer the head, and the cooler the blood. Blood
- She is but half a wife that is not, nor is capable of being, a friend. Capable
- Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly. Folly
- A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably. Adventure