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.
William PennHe that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.
William PennDeath is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.
William PennContent not thyself that thou art virtuous in the general; for one link being wanting, the chain is defective.
William PennIt would go a long way to caution and direct people in their use of the world that they would better studied and known in the creation of it. For how could man find the confidence to abuse it, while they should see the Great Creator stare them in the face, in all and every part thereof?
William Penn