346 Quotes by William Penn

Do good with what thou hast, or it will do thee no good.

To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.

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

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.

If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it.

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.

Children, Fear God; that is to say, have an holy awe upon your minds to avoid that which is evil, and a strict care to embrace and do that which is good.

Sexes make no Difference; since in Souls there is none: And they are the Subjects of Friendship.

Neither great nor good things were ever attained without loss and hardships. Those that would reap and not labour, must faint with the wind, and perish in disappointments; but an hair of my head shall not fall, without the providence of my Father that is over all.