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
Equivocation is half-way to lying, and lying the whole way to hell
Drunkenness spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans man. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous, and mad.
Seek not to be Rich, but Happy. The one lies in Bags, the other in Content: which Wealth can never give.
Have wholesome, but not costly Food, and be rather cleanly than dainty in ordering it.
Have a care, therefore, where there is more sail than ballast.
Friendship . . . is an Union of Spirits, a Marriage of Hearts, and the Bond thereof Vertue.
Sexes make no Difference; since in Souls there is none: And they are the Subjects of Friendship.
To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well as mortals
Those who would mend the world must first mend themselves.
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers
Never marry but for love; but see that thou lovest what is lovely
Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Moms. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.
Eat therefore to live, and do not live to eat.
Not to be provoked is best; but if moved, never correct till the fume is spent; for every stroke our fury strikes is sure to hit ourselves at last