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

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

William Penn

Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.

William Penn

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

William Penn

Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union of Sense.

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

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

William Penn

They have a right to censure that have a heart to help.

William Penn

The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.

William Penn

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

William Penn