More Quotes by William Penn
Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.
I shall pass through life but once. Let me show kindness now, as I shall not pass this way again.
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.
The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God; but in cities little else but the works of men. And the one makes a better subject for contemplation than the other.
My prison shall be my grave before I will budge a jot; for I owe my conscience to no mortal man.
A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.
Let us see what love can do.
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.
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.
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.
