William Penn

I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore there be any kindness I can show...let me do it now.

In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest.

Sense never fails to give them that have it, Words enough tomake them understood. It too often happens in some conversations,as in Apothecary Shops, that those Pots that are Empty, or haveThings of small Value in them, are as gaudily Dress'd as those thatare full of precious Drugs.They that soar too high, often fall hard, making a low and levelDwelling preferable. The tallest Trees are most in the Power of theWinds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune. Buildings haveneed of a good Foundation, that lie so much exposed to theWeather.

A true friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably

Time is what we want most,but what we use worst.

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.

He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care.

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.

The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.