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date: 15 May 2025

William Penn 1644–1718
English Quaker; founder of Pennsylvania. See also Anonymous 

  1. 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.
    Fruits of a Father's Love (1726) ch. 2, no. 19
  2. No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.
    No Cross, No Crown (1669 pamphlet)
  3. It is a reproach to religion and government to suffer so much poverty and excess.
    Some Fruits of Solitude (1693) pt. 1, no. 52
  4. Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.
    Some Fruits of Solitude (1693) pt. 1, no. 85
  5. Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
    Some Fruits of Solitude (1693) pt. 1, no. 337
  6. To be furious in religion, is to be irreligiously religious.
    Some Fruits of Solitude (1693) pt. 1, no. 533
  7. It may be a green country town which will never be burnt and always be wholesome.
    of his planned city of Philadelphia
    letter of instructions to commissioners, 30 September 1681, in Samuel M Janney The Life of William Penn (1856)