Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

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...

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.

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth...

Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth...

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...

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...

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

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment is the treasurer of the one who is wise.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment is the treasurer of the one who is wise.

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...

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...

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...

He that lives to forever, never fears dying

He that lives to forever, never fears dying

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.

Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most...

Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most...