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
Friendship is the union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue
Friendship is the next pleasure we may hope for: and where we find it not at home, or have no home to find it in, we may seek it abroad. It is an union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue.
They have a right to censure that have a heart to help.
For nothing reaches the heart but what is from the heart, or pierces the conscience but what comes from a living conscience
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers
Those who would mend the world must first mend themselves.
He that lives to live forever, never fears dying.
If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it.
Friendship . . . is an Union of Spirits, a Marriage of Hearts, and the Bond thereof Vertue.
Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
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.
To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well as mortals
Never marry but for love; but see that thou lovest what is lovely