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.

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.

Justice is peculiarly indispensable to nations.

The sovereignty of one's self over one's self is called Liberty.

The common right is nothing more or less than the protection of all, pouring its rays on each. This protection of each by all, is Fraternity.

Force, unregulated or ill-regulated, is not only wasted in the void, like that of gunpowder burned in the open air, and steam unconfined by science; but, striking in the dark, and its blows meeting only the air, they recoil, and bruise itself.

Masonry is identical with the Ancient Mysteries