William Penn

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many read more

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.

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

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

Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.

Less judgment than wit, is more sail than ballast.

Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.

Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.

It is the amends of a short and troublesome life, that doing good and suffering ill entitles man to a read more

It is the amends of a short and troublesome life, that doing good and suffering ill entitles man to a longer and better.