William Penn

William Penn

"Next to God thy parents."
47 Quotes
"Next to God thy parents."
William Penn
"The jealous are troublesome to others but torment to themselves."
William Penn
"I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore there can be any kindness I can show or any good thing I can do to any fellow human being let me do it now."
William Penn
"Time is what we want most but... what we use worst."
William Penn
"A wise neuter joins with neither but uses both as his honest interest leads him."
William Penn
"The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles."
William Penn
"It were better to be of no church than to be bitter for any."
William Penn
"The smaller the drink the clearer the head."
William Penn
"I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore there be any kindness I can show or any good thing I can do for any fellow being let me do it now ... as I shall not pass this way again."
William Penn
"If thou wouldst be happy ... have an indifference for more than what is sufficient."
William Penn
"He that does good for good's sake seeks neither praise nor reward though sure of both at last."
William Penn
"There can be no friendship when there is no freedom. Friendship loves the free air and will not be fenced up in straight and narrow enclosures."
William Penn
"A true friend unbosoms freely advises justly assists readily adventures boldly takes all patiently defends courageously and continues a friend unchangeably."
William Penn
"All excess is ill but drunkeness is of the worst sort. It spoils health dismounts the mind and unmans men. It reveals secrets is quarrelsome lascivious impudent dangerous and bad."
William Penn
"To be like Christ is to be a Christian."
William Penn
"The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs which are brief and pithy."
William Penn
"No pain no palm no thorns no throne no gall no glory no cross no crown."
William Penn
"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."
William Penn
"Time is what we want most, but what we use worst."
William Penn
"Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it."
William Penn
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