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

Quote by William Penn

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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...

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

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.

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...

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,...

True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live...

True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live...

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...

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...

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

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

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

The tallest trees are most in the power of the winds, and ambitious men of...

The tallest trees are most in the power of the winds, and ambitious men of...

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...

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.

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...

Force may make hypocrites, but it can never make converts.

Force may make hypocrites, but it can never make converts.

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...

A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good...

A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good...

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...

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.

To be like Christ is to be a Christian.

To be like Christ is to be a Christian.