“A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both as his honest interest leads him.”
Source: The Select Works of William Penn....
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Famous William Penn Quotes
“Cunning to wise, is as an Ape to a Man.”
Source: Fruits of Solitude. ... Eighth edition
“Show is not substance; realities govern wise men.”
Source: Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims
“O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.”
Source: Fruits of solitude in reflections and maxims relating to the conduct of human life: Also, his advice to his children relating to their civil and religious conduct, to which are added extracts from the writings of William Law & Judge Hale; with a
“Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.”
Source: Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims
“Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.”
“It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.”
Source: 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
“Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.”
Source: Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims