William Penn quotes

“We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.”

— William Penn

“Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.”

— William Penn

“Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.”

— William Penn

“Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.”

— William Penn

“Force may make hypocrites, but it can never make converts.”

— William Penn

“Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.”

— William Penn

“Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns.”

— William Penn

“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

“The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.”

— William Penn

“To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.”

— William Penn

“He that lives to live forever, never fears dying.”

— William Penn

“If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it.”

— William Penn

“Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.”

— William Penn

“Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than it found us.”

— William Penn

“Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.”

— William Penn