William Penn Quotes - Page 11

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• I have sometimes thought that people are, in a sort, happy, that nothing can put out of countenance with themselves, though they neither have nor merit other people's.

  William Penn

  People, Merit, Sometimes

  William Penn (1782). “The Select Works of William Penn: In Five Volumes. ...”, p.192

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• It is profitable wisdom to know when we have done enough: Much time and pains are spared in not flattering ourselves against probabilities.

  William Penn

  Pain, Done, Enough

  William Penn (1726). “A Collection of the Works of William Penn: To which is Prefixed a Journal of His Life, with Many Original Letters and Papers Not Before Published”, p.831

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• Is it reasonable to take it ill, that anybody desires of us that which is their own? All we have is the Almighty's; and shall not God have his own when he calls for it?

  William Penn

  Desire, Almighty, Resignation

  William Penn (1877). “Fruits of Solitude: In Reflections and Maxims Relating to the Conduct of Human Life”, p.25

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• They that censure, should practice. Or else let them have the first stone, and the last too.

  William Penn

  Practice, Criticism, Stones

  William Penn (1841). “Fruits of Solitude, in Reflections and Maxims Relating to the Conduct of Human Life”, p.52

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