William Penn

Tis admirable to consider, how Powerful the Kings are, yet they move by the Breath of their People.

Do what good thou canst unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen.

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

Those people who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants.

If thou rise with an Appetite, thou art sure never to sit down without one.

To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations.

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased.

That’s what I can’t stand. I know I’ll bounce back, and that’s what I can’t stand.

There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds – not the will to inflict injuries and climb over them as a ladder, but – a hatred of all injury.

Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking.

Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.

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

Life on board a pleasure steamer violates every moral and physical condition of healthy life except fresh air. It is a guzzling, lounging, gambling, dog’s life. The only alternative to excitement is irritability.

Stay with me,’ he said, ‘until the sun goes out, the seas are parched, and the wind draws its last breath.

Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it.

We rail at trade, but the historian of the world will see that it was the principle of liberty; that it settled America, and destroyed feudalism, and made peace and keeps peace; that it will abolish slavery.

Men have become the tools of their trade.

I don’t want to talk grammar. I want to talk like a lady.

Poets wish to profit or to please.

People are much more willing to lend you books than bookcases.