William Penn

Believe nothing against another but on good authority; and never report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to some other to conceal it.

As Puppets are to Men, and Babies to Children, so is Man’s Workmanship to God’s: We are the Picture, he the Reality.

This is the comfort of the godly: the grave cannot hold them, and they live as soon as they die. For death is no more than turning us over from time to eternity.

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

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

Right is right even if everyone is against it and wrong is wrong even if everyone is for it.

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful; every heroic act is also decent, and causes the place and the bystanders to shine.

Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, This was their finest hour.

Branching streams cannot compare to the source.

Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.

A hen is only a egg’s way of making another egg.

My favorite nightcap, after all this time, is still the cocktail of you.

He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.

It is sound judgment to put on a bold face and play your hand for a hundred times what it is worth; forty-nine times out of fifty nobody dares to call it, and you roll in the chips.

What do sad complaints avail if the offense is not cut down by punishment.

Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need – a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing.

A man’s interest in the world is only an overflow from his interest in himself.

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.

Be not the slave of your own past – plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new power, and with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.