A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.
William PennWe are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.
William PennHe that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.
William PennMen are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.
William PennMy prison shall be my grave before I will budge a jot; for I owe my conscience to no mortal man.
William PennThere can be no Friendship where there is no Freedom. Friendship loves a free Air, and will not be penned up in straight and narrow Enclosures. It will speak freely, and act so too; and take nothing ill where no ill is meant; nay, where it is, 'twill easily forgive, and forget too, upon small Acknowledgments.
William Penn