William Penn

Have wholesome, but not costly Food, and be rather cleanly than dainty in ordering it.

A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both as his honest interest leads him.

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

A wise man makes what he learns his own, the other shows he is but a copy or a collection at most.

Hasty resolutions are of the nature of vows, and to be equally avoided

It were Happy if we studied Nature more in natural Things; and acted according to Nature; whose rules are few, plain and most reasonable.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

It is a brave thing to have courage to be an individual; it is also, perhaps, a lonely thing. But it is better than not being an individual, which is to be nobody at all.

Compound for sins they are inclined to by damning those they have no mind to.

Whatever you have spend less.

The first thing a great person does, is make us realize the insignificance of circumstance.

Friends… they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.

Flow with whatever may happen, and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.

There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right.

Out of Plato come all things that are still written and debated about among men of thought.

We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us.

One night awaits all, and death’s path must be trodden once and for all.

Make the most of your regrets; never smother your sorrow, but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest. To regret deeply is to live afresh.

You are a constant. Forever in my mind; forever in my heart. It seems that most matter how much I try I can’t get rid of you. You are a thorn, stuck in deep; painful to remove, and even when I do, still I’ll bleed and feel the soreness. It will take time, but it will heal. No matter the pain, I will still dare to pick roses.

The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.

When the righteous man truth away from his righteousness that he hath committed and doeth that which is neither quite lawful nor quite right, he will generally be found to have gained in amiability what he has lost in holiness.