William Penn. (1644–1718). Fruits of Solitude.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| Part II |
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| Of Man’s Life |
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| 92. Why is Man less durable than the Works of his Hands, but because This is not the Place of his Rest? | 1 |
| 93. And it is a Great and Just Reproach upon him, that he should fix his Mind where he cannot stay himself. | 2 |
| 94. Were it not more his Wisdom to be concerned about those Works that will go with him, and erect a Mansion for him where Time has Power neither over him nor it? | 3 |
| 95. ’T is a sad Thing for Man so often to miss his Way to his Best, as well as most Lasting Home. | 4 |
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