More Quotes by William Penn
The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them; they are notable measures of directions for human life; you have much in little; they save time in speaking; and upon occasion may be the fullest and safest answer.
Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly.
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 never so good, they will endeavour to warp and spoil it to their turn.
The Remedy often proves worse than the Disease.
They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.
Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
My prison shall be my grave before I will budge a jot; for I owe my conscience to no mortal man.
Peace can only be secured by justice; never by force of arms.
Truth never lost ground by enquiry.
Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
