Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers. – William Penn
True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. – William Penn
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. – William Penn
Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns. – William Penn