William Penn

"Believe nothing against another but on good authority and never report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to some other to conceal it. "

"If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch, indeed who will not give them to him. Such a disposition is like lighting another man's candle by one's own, which loses none of its brilliancy by what the other gains. "

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

"Never marry but for love but see that thou lovest what is lovely. "

"No pain, no palm no thorns, no throne no gall, no glory, no glory no cross, no crown. "

"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. "

"To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well as morals. "

"True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it. "

"True silence is the rest of the mind it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. "

"Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers. "