Author: William Penn

Quotes

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

- William Penn

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

- William Penn

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

- William Penn

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

- 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.

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

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

- William Penn

Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union of Sense.

Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union of Sense.

- William Penn

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

- William Penn

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.

- William Penn

Similar Authors: