More Quotes by William Penn
Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.
Truth never lost ground by enquiry.
Never despise what you don't understand.
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.
If it be an evil to judge rashly or untruly any single man, how much a greater sin it is to condemn a whole people.
I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.
In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest.
Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
If you protect a man from folly, you will soon have a nation of fools.
Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.
