All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous and mad. In fine, he that is drunk is not a man: because he is so long void of Reason, that distinguishes a Man from a Beast.
William Penn (Real Estate Entrepreneur 1644 – 1718)
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.
William Penn (Real Estate Entrepreneur 1644 – 1718)
The adventure of the Christian life begins when we dare to do what we would never tackle without Christ.
William Penn (Real Estate Entrepreneur 1644 – 1718)
If it be an evil to judge rashly or untruly any single man, how much a greater sin it is to condemn a whole people.
William Penn (Real Estate Entrepreneur 1644 – 1718)
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.
William Penn (Real Estate Entrepreneur, 1644 – 1718)
Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
William Penn (Real Estate Entrepreneur, 1644 – 1718)
If thou wouldst rule well, thou must rule for God, and to do that, thou must be ruled by him. Those who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants.
William Penn (Real Estate Entrepreneur, 1644 -1718)
We are inclined to call things by the wrong names. We call prosperity ‘happiness’, and adversity ‘misery’ even though adversity is the school of wisdom and often the way to eternal happiness.
William Penn (Real Estate Entrepreneur, 1644 – 1718)
Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.
William Penn (Real Estate Entrepreneur, 1644 – 1718)
The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.
William Penn (Real Estate Entrepreneur, 1644 – 1718)