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.

The Country is both the Philosopher's Garden and his Library, in which he Reads and Contemplates the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God.

A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we ever do evil, that good may come of it. We are too ready to retaliate, rather than forgive or gain by love and information. Force may subdue, but love gains. And one that forgives first wins the laurel.

He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care.

Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one.

Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.

The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God, but in cities little else but the works of men.

He that lives to live forever, never fears dying.

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies, nor can spirits ever be divided that love and live in the same divine principle.

We have a call to do good, as often as we have the power and occasion.