A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.

Quote by William Penn

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He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than...

He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than...

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is...

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is...

Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.

Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.

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

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

Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet...

Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet...

Once you've accumulated sufficient knowledge to get by, you're too old to remember it.

Once you've accumulated sufficient knowledge to get by, you're too old to remember it.

Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.

Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what...

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what...

To be like Christ is to be a Christian.

To be like Christ is to be a Christian.

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals...

To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals...

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of...

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of...

It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of...

It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of...

Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.

Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.

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

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

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its...

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its...

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep...

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep...

Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they...

Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they...

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

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

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

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

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