William Penn Quotes - Page 8

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.

If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not tell them to him.

Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas; they live in one another still.

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.

A Garden, an Elaboratory, a Work - house, Improvements and Breeding, are pleasant and Profitable Diversions to the Idle and Ingenious: For here they miss Ill Company, and converse with Nature and Art; whose Variety are equally grateful and instructing; and preserve a good Constitution of Body and Mind.

A vain man is a nauseous creature: he is so full of himself that he has no room for anything else, be it never so good or deserving.

You are now fixed at the mercy of no governor that comes to make his fortune great; you shall be governed by laws of your own making and live a free, and if you will, a sober and industrious life. I shall not usurp the right of any, or oppress his person. God has furnished me with a better resolution and has given me his grace to keep it.

I know no religion that destroys courtesy, civility, and kindness.

Charity is ... a universal remedy against discord, and an holy cement for mankind.

They that Marry for Money cannot have the true Satisfaction of Marriage; the requisite Means being wanting.

Clear therefore thy head, and rally, and manage thy thoughts rightly, and thou wilt save time, and see and do thy business well; for thy judgment will be distinct, thy mind free, and the faculties strong and regular.

Men not living to what they know, cannot blame God, that they know no more.

That plenty should produce either covetousness or prodigality is a perversion of providence; and yet the generality of men are the worse for their riches.

Frugality is good if liberality be joined with it. The first is leaving off superfluous expenses; the last is bestowing them to the benefit of others that need. The first without the last begets covetousness; the last without the first begets prodigality.

Where charity keeps pace with gain, industry is blessed.

They that soar too high, often fall hard.

The Country is both the Philosopher's Garden and his Library, in which he Reads and Contemplates the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God.

To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations.

A man in business must put up many affronts if he loves his own quiet.

Method goes far to prevent trouble in business: for it makes the task easy, hinders confusion, saves abundance of time, and instructs those that have business depending, both what to do and what to hope.

Love labour: for if thou dost not want it for food, thou mayest for physique. It is wholesome for the body, and good for the mind. It prevents the fruits of idleness, which many times come of nothing to do, and leads many to do what is worse than nothing.

The receipts of cookery are swelled to a volume; but a good stomach excels them all.

Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.

Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.

This is the Comfort of Friends, that though they may be said to Die, yet their Friendship and Society are, in the best Sense, ever present, because Immortal