William Penn

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment is the treasurer of the one who is wise.

Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.

Only trust theyself, and another shall noet betray thee

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

This is the comfort of friends, that though they may be said to die, yet their friendship and society are, in the best sense, ever present, because immortal.

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth.

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.

The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer swing and play to the confined powers.

When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.

I have to live for others and not for myself: that’s middle-class morality.

All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently, the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

The ear is the avenue to the heart.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

England and America are two countries separated by the same language.

Happiness is a perfume which you cannot pour on someone without getting some on yourself.

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.

Above anything else, I hate to lose.

The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.