More Quotes by William Penn
Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.
Those who live to live forever, never fear dying.
No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.
Oppression makes a poor country.
A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.
Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
People are more afraid of the laws of Man than of God, because their punishment seems to be nearest.
In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest.
No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.
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.