William Penn — Fruits of Solitude: In Reflections and Maxims Relating to the Conduct of Human Life

Excess in Apparel is another costly Folly. The very Trimming of the vain World would cloath all the naked one.

They must first judge themselves, that presume to censure others: And such will not be apt to overshoot the Mark. We are too ready to retaliate, rather than forgive, or gain by Love and Information. And yet we could hurt…

Smrt, to je len prechod do in'ho sveta, ako ked n'm priatelia od'du za more. Nadalej 'ij'v srdci toho druh'ho, lebo v nom ost'vaj't', co 'ij'a miluj'vo vecnosti. Pri tomto bo'skom pohlade s nimi stoj'me tv'rou v tv'r a n…

True godliness doesn't turn us out of the world, but enables us to live better in it, and excites our endeavors to mend it... Christians should keep the helm and guide the vessel to its port; not meanly steal out at the…

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.

Amuse not thy self therefore with the numerous Opinions of the World, nor value thy self upon verbal Orthodoxy, Philosophy, or thy Skill in Tongues, or Knowledge of the Fathers; (too much the Business and Vanity of the W…