William Penn. (1644–1718). Fruits of Solitude.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 253. Never esteem any Man, or thy self, the more for Money; nor think the meaner of thy self or another for want of it: Vertue being the just Reason of respecting, and the want of it, of slighting any one. | 1 |
| 254. A man like a Watch, is to be valued for its Goings. | 2 |
| 255. He that prefers him upon other accounts, bows to an Idol. | 3 |
| 256. Unless Virtue guide us, our Choice must be wrong. | 4 |
| 257. An able bad Man, is an ill Instrument, and to be shunned as the Plague. | 5 |
| 258. Be not deceived with the first appearances of things, but give thy self Time to be in the right. | 6 |
| 259. Show, is not Substance: Realities Govern Wise Men. | 7 |
| 260. Have a Care therefore where there is more Sail than Ballast. | 8 |
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