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
beauty
For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
-William Penn
death
Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
-William Penn
faith
A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.
-William Penn
friendship
Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.
-William Penn
god
Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
-William Penn
government
True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.
-William Penn
health
The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.
-William Penn
jealousy
Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
-William Penn
knowledge
Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.
-William Penn
knowledge
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
learning
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
marriage
Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.
-William Penn
men
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
money
Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
-William Penn
patience
The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.
-William Penn
power
Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
-William Penn
time
For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
-William Penn
time
Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.
-William Penn
trust
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
-William Penn
truth
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
truth
Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.
-William Penn
wisdom
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
wisdom
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