Quotes

“Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.” William Penn

“Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.” William Penn

“Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.” William Penn

“Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it.” William Penn

“They have a right to censure that have a heart to help.” William Penn

“We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.” William Penn

“Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.” William Penn

“Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.” William Penn

“Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.” William Penn

“Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.” William Penn

“Force may make hypocrites, but it can never make converts.” William Penn

“Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.” 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

“Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.” William Penn

“The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.” William Penn

“To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.” William Penn

“He that lives to live forever, never fears dying.” William Penn

“If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it.” William Penn

“Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.” William Penn

“Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than it found us.” William Penn

“Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.” William Penn

“What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.” Plutarch

“I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.” Plutarch

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.” Plutarch

“An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.” Plutarch

“Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.” Plutarch

“The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.” Plutarch

“We ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household belongings, which when worn with use we throw away.” Plutarch

“To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.” Plutarch

“Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.” Plutarch