A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably. ~William Penn
Friendship True Friend
Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit. ~William Penn
Famous Real Popularity
For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity. ~William Penn
Time Death Eternity
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
Wife Marriage Beauty
Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it. ~William Penn
Justice Property Obedience
Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works. ~William Penn
God World Kings
Let the people think they govern and they will be governed. ~William Penn
People Government Think
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
Love Lust Reason
Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it. ~William Penn
Love Love Is Learn
Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants. ~William Penn
God Men Will
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. ~William Penn
World Candle Mind
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 Nothing Reason
Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee. ~William Penn
Trust Betray Only
Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason. ~William Penn
Passion Man Reason
Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains. ~William Penn
Patience Faith Mountains
Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform. ~William Penn
Wisdom Promise Lawful
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. ~William Penn
God Rebellion Obedience
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. ~William Penn
Right Everyone Wrong
Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom. ~William Penn
Man Humble Humility
Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood. ~William Penn
End Words Speak