William Penn

If thou wouldst rule well, thou must rule for God; and to do that, thou must be ruled by him who has given to kings his grace to command themselves and their subjects, and to the people the grace to obey God and their kings.

We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.

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.

Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men than men upon governments. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad; if it be ill, they will cure it. But, if men be bad, let the government be ever so good, they will endeavor to warp and spoil it to their turn.

If thou art clean and warm, it is sufficient; for more doth but rob the Poor, and please the Wanton.

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

Who can guess how much industry and providence and affection we have caught from the pantomime of brutes?

To inherit property is not to be born – it is to be still-born, rather.

Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.

Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.

The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking.

We like a man to come right out and say what he thinks, if we agree with him.

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

Only one is a wanderer; two together are always going somewhere.

The first wealth is health.

Courtesy Life be not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Everything that is made beautiful and fair and lovely is made for the eye of one who sees.

Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.

The ear is the avenue to the heart.