“People are more afraid of the laws of man than of God, because their punishment seems to be nearest.”

—-William Penn, Some Fruits of Solitude In Reflections And Maxims, 1682.

Sources:

http://www.notable-quotes.com/p/penn_william_ii.html

http://tinyurl.com/j53x5rs

http://tinyurl.com/glggf4v