Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas; they live in one another still.
William PennIt is a coal from God's altar must kindle our fire; and without fire, true fire, no acceptable sacrifice.
William PennMuch 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 PennSpeak 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 PennGovernments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad; if it be ill, they will cure it. But if men be bad, let the government be never so good, they will endeavour to warp and spoil it to their turn.
William Penn