I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it …

- William Penn

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

- 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 secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

- William Penn

Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly.

- William Penn

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

- William Penn

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

- William Penn

Never despise what you don't understand.

- William Penn

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

- William Penn