Never give out while there is hope; but hope not beyond reason, for that shows more desire than judgement.
William PennTrue silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.
William PennDeath is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas; they live in one another still.
William PennIn 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 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