William Penn

A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously…

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man…

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire…

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst…

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its…

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform…

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep…

Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains…

The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of…

Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth…

He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father’s wisdom than…

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the…

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed…

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee…

Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they…