The best Quotes by William Penn

The best Quotes by William Penn

William Penn (24 October 1644 – 10 August 1718) was an English writer, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania during the British colonial era.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.
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.
Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.
True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body.
Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.
For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.

Quotes about William Penn

The William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh... was the place where Champagne Music was born.
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