True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.

Quote by William Penn

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

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

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

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

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants

We meet on the broad pathway of good faith and good will; no advantage shall...

We meet on the broad pathway of good faith and good will; no advantage shall...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

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.

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the...

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the...

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

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

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.

In travelling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

In travelling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.