William Penn Quotes About Wisdom

Quotes about: Wisdom

• 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

  Marriage, Wise, Wedding

  William Penn (1807). “Fruits of solitude in reflections and maxims relating to the conduct of human life: Also, his advice to his children relating to their civil and religious conduct, to which are added extracts from the writings of William Law & Judge Hale; with a "Description of the happy man & true gentleman."”, p.26

• No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.

  William Penn

  Wisdom, Business, Military

  William Penn (1849). “No Cross, No Crown: A Discourse, Shewing the Nature and Discipline of the Holy Cross of Christ ...”, p.277

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

  William Penn

  Family, Fathers Day, Wisdom

  "Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims".

• O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.

  William Penn

  Wise, Wisdom, Understanding

• Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.

  William Penn

  Wise, Wisdom, Keeping Promises

  Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.39, Courier Corporation

• It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.

  William Penn

  Wise, Wisdom, Secret

  William Penn (1726). “A Collection of the Works of William Penn: To which is Prefixed a Journal of His Life, with Many Original Letters and Papers Not Before Published”, p.828

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

  William Penn

  Wisdom, Country, Garden

  Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.42, Courier Corporation

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