William Penn

Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.

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

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.

Zeal ever follows an appearance of truth, and the assured are too apt to be warm; but it is their weak side in argument; zeal being better shown against sin than persons, or their mistakes.

Liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty is slavery.

In all debates let truth be thy aim; not victory or an unjust interest; and endeavor to gain rather than to expose thy antagonist.

The highest panegyric, therefore, that private virtue can receive, is the praise of servants.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.

Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.

The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore.

Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.

A little learning is a dangerous thing, but we must take that risk because a little is as much as our biggest heads can hold.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

Some thoughts always find us young, and keep us so. Such a thought is the love of the universal and eternal beauty.

At the bottom of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man walking into the little booth with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of paper. No amount of rhetoric or voluminous discussion can possibly diminish the overwhelming importance of that point.

Never waste jealousy on a real man: it is the imaginary man that supplants us all in the long run.

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

Act, if you like, but you do it at your peril. Men’s actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.