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

Quote by William Penn

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Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made...

Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made...

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...

Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.

Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.

Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an...

Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an...

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is...

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is...

Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the...

Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the...

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

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...

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.

Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for...

Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for...

There can be no friendship where there is no freedom. Friendship loves a free air,...

There can be no friendship where there is no freedom. Friendship loves a free air,...

The Humble, Meek, Merciful, Just, Pious and Devout Souls, are everywhere of one religion; and...

The Humble, Meek, Merciful, Just, Pious and Devout Souls, are everywhere of one religion; and...

The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.

The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the...

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the...

To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as...

To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as...

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform

They have a right to censure that have a heart to help.

They have a right to censure that have a heart to help.

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

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

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...

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.