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
Tis the glory of a man to vail to truth; as it is the mark of a good nature to be easily entreated.
Cunning to wise, is as an Ape to a Man.
They that censure, should practice. Or else let them have the first stone, and the last too.
Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly.
He that lives in love lives in God.
Covetousness is the greatest of monsters, as well as the root of all evil.
A jealous man only sees his own spectrum when he looks upon other men, and gives his character in theirs.
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.
She is but half a wife that is not, nor is capable of being, a friend.
Justice is justly represented blind, because she sees no difference in the parties concerned. She has but one scale and weight, for rich and poor, great and small.
The usefulest truths are the plainest.
God sends us the poor to try us.... And he that refuses them a little out of the great deal that God has given lays up poverty in store for his own posterity.
It is profitable wisdom to know when we have done enough: Much time and pains are spared in not flattering ourselves against probabilities.
Never chide with anger, but instruction.