Part I. Respect. William Penn. 1909-14. Fruits of Solitude. The Harvard Classics

William Penn. (1644–1718). Fruits of Solitude.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

Part I

Respect


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