William Penn

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.

Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.

Eat therefore to live, and do not live to eat.

Avoid popularity it has many snares and no real benefit.

All Excess is ill: But Drunkenness is of the worst Sort. It spoils Health, dismounts the Mind, and unmans Men: It reveals Secrets, is Quarrelsome, Lascivious, Impudent, Dangerous and Mad. In fine, he that is drunk is not a Man: Because he is so long void of Reason, that distinguishes a Man from a Beast.

You are now fixed at the mercy of no governor that comes to make his fortune great; you shall be governed by laws of your own making and live a free, and if you will, a sober and industrious life. I shall not usurp the right of any, or oppress his person. God has furnished me with a better resolution and has given me his grace to keep it.

He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength. True power is within and available to you now.

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.

You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out.

He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass.

There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.

No man acquires property without acquiring with it a little arithmetic also.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

You must not suppose, because I am a man of letters, that I never tried to earn an honest living.

We judge of man’s wisdom by his hope.

Why was the human race created? Or at least why wasn’t something creditable created in place of it? God had His opportunity. He could have made a reputation. But no, He must commit this grotesque folly – a lark which must have cost Him a regret or two when He came to think it over and observe effects.

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.

If no mistake have you made, yet losing you are … a different game you should play.

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.