18 quotes by William Penn

“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.” — William Penn

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“For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.” — William Penn

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“Patience and diligence, like faith, remove mountains.” — William Penn

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“Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.” — William Penn

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“True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.” — William Penn

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“Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.” — William Penn

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“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.” — William Penn

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“Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.” — William Penn

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“Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.” — William Penn

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“Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.” — William Penn

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“Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns.” — William Penn

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“The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.” — William Penn

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“He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care.” — William Penn

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“Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.” — William Penn

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“A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.” — William Penn

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“Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.” — William Penn

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“The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.” — William Penn

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“Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers.” — William Penn

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