Quote

Friendship is the union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue

William Penn

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

William Penn
Age: 73 †
Born: 1644
Born: October 14
Died: 1718
Died: July 30
Author
Entrepreneur
Philosopher
Politician
Theologian
London
England
William Penn
Heart
Spirits
Union
Unions
Hearts
Friendship
Marriage
Virtue
Thereof
Spirit
Bond

More quotes by William Penn

Image
Interest has the security, though not the virtue of a principle. As the world goes, it is the surest side for men daily leave both relations and religion to follow it.
William Penn
Image
Children, Fear God that is to say, have an holy awe upon your minds to avoid that which is evil, and a strict care to embrace and do that which is good.
William Penn
Image
Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.
William Penn
Image
Where thou art Obliged to speak, be sure speak the Truth: For Equivocation is half way to Lying, as Lying, the whole way to Hell.
William Penn
Image
Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast. Yet it must be confessed that wit given an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely.
William Penn
Image
Next to God, thy parents.
William Penn
Image
All excess is ill but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous, and mad.
William Penn
Image
Some men do as much begrudge others a good name, as they want one themselves: and perhaps that is the reason of it.
William Penn
Image
Love grows, lust wastes by enjoyment.
William Penn
Image
We are told truly that meekness and modesty are the rich and charming garments of the soul. The less showy our outward attire is, the more distinctly and brilliantly does the beauty of these inner garments shine.
William Penn
Image
People are more afraid of the laws of Man than of God, because their punishment seems to be nearest.
William Penn
Image
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
Image
It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any.
William Penn
Image
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.
William Penn
Image
Inquire often, but judge rarely, and thou wilt not often be mistaken.
William Penn
Image
A good End cannot sanctify evil Means nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.
William Penn
Image
The best recreation is to do good.
William Penn
Image
Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.
William Penn
Image
There can be no Friendship where there is no Freedom. Friendship loves a free Air, and will not be penned up in straight and narrow Enclosures. It will speak freely, and act so too and take nothing ill where no ill is meant nay, where it is, 'twill easily forgive, and forget too, upon small Acknowledgments.
William Penn
Image
It is admirable to consider how many millions of people come into, and go out of the world, ignorant of themselves and of the world they have lived in.
William Penn