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
A wise man makes what he learns his own, the other shows he is but a copy or a collection at most . . .
Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment is the treasurer of the one who is wise.
Cunning to wise, is as an Ape to a Man.
Show is not substance; realities govern wise men.
A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both as his honest interest leads him.
Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.
Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.
O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.
It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.
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.
Drunkenness spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans man. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous, and mad.
Equivocation is half-way to lying, and lying the whole way to hell
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.