346 Quotes by William Penn

There is nothing of which we are apt to be so lavish as of time, and about which we ought to be more solicitous; since without it we can do nothing in this world.

It is a profitable Wisdom to know when we have done enough: Much time and Pains are spared, in not flattering our selves against Probabilities.

We are told truly that meekness and modesty are the rich and charming garments of the soul. The less showy our outward attire is, the more distinctly and brilliantly does the beauty of these inner garments shine.

Truth never lost ground by enquiry.

Those who would mend the world must first mend themselves.

You are Englishmen; mind your privileges, give not away your right.

The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God; but in cities little else but the works of men. And the one makes a better subject for contemplation than the other.

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers

There is a truth and beauty in rhetoric; but it oftener serves ill turns than good ones.