William Penn

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A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.
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He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care.
Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.
Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers.
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.
For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.
Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
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.
Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

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