William Penn
William Penn
William Penn24 October 1644 – 30 July 1718) was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was an early advocate of democracy and religious freedom, notable for his good relations and successful treaties with the Lenape Native Americans. Under his direction, the city of Philadelphia was planned and developed...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth14 October 1644
CityLondon, England
They that soar too high, often fall hard.
Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly.
The smaller the drink, the clearer the head, and the cooler the blood.
They that Marry for Money cannot have the true Satisfaction of Marriage; the requisite Means being wanting.
It is the amends of a short and troublesome life, that doing good and suffering ill entitles man to a longer and better.
Excess in apparel is another costly folly. The very trimming of the vain world would clothe all the naked ones.
Show is not substance; realities govern wise men.
A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both as his honest interest leads him.
For disappointments, that come not by our own folly, they are the trials or corrections of Heaven: and it is our own fault, if they prove not our advantage.
Nothing shows our weakness more than to be so sharp-sighted at spying other men's faults, and so purblind about our own.
He that lives in love lives in God.
Tis the glory of a man to vail to truth; as it is the mark of a good nature to be easily entreated.
Where judgment has wit to express it, there's the best orator.
Wit gives an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely.