Quotes By William Penn

Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than it found us.

True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.

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.

Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.

If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it.

To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.

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

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.

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

To be like Christ is to be a Christian.

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.

The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.