William Penn

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

It is admirable to consider how many Millions of People come into, and go out of the World, Ignorant of themselves, and of the World they have lived in.

Avoid popularity it has many snares and no real benefit.

No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.

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

A wise man makes what he learns his own, the other shows he is but a copy or a collection at most.

Some critics will write ‘Maya Angelou is a natural writer’ – which is right after being a natural heart surgeon.

You always do what you want to do. This is true with every act. You may say that you had to do something, or that you were forced to, but actually, whatever you do, you do by choice. Only you have the power to choose for yourself.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Life is a disease; and the only difference between one man and another is the stage of the disease at which he lives. You are always at the crisis: I am always in the convalescent stage.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest.

To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men – that is genius.

Poor fellow! I think he is in love with you.’ I am not aware of it. And to me it is one of the most odious things in a girl’s life, that there must always be some supposition of falling in love coming between her and any man who is kind to her… I have no ground for the nonsensical vanity of fancying everybody who comes near me is in love with me.

Best friends that pick wedgies together stay besties for life!

The revelation of Thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

The trouble ain’t that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain’t distributed right.

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

Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.