More Quotes by William Penn
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.
Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.
True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.
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.
I shall pass through life but once. Let me show kindness now, as I shall not pass this way again.
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.
In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest.