William Penn
Leader Kingdom of England 1644–1718
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They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.
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.
A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.
Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.
Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.
In 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 Penn