A war for a great principle ennobles a nation.

Above all things let us never forget that mankind constitutes one great brotherhood; all born to encounter suffering and sorrow, and therefore bound to sympathize with each other.

Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved by poor men; poor scholars, poor professional men, poor artisans and artists, poor philosophers, poets, and men of genius.

There are no temptations from which assailed virtue may not gain strength, instead of falling before them, vanquished and subdued.

Everything actual must also first have been possible, before having actual existence.

Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arriving at the ideal perfection of truth.

It is most true, that Truth is a Divine attribute and the foundation of every virtue. To be true, and to seek to find and learn the Truth, are the great objects of every good Mason.