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

Quote by William Penn

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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...

To be like Christ is to be a Christian.

To be like Christ is to be a Christian.

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...

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...

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

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

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...

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,...

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.

Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than...

Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than...

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.

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.

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.

If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it.

If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it.

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...