Less glory is more liberty. When the drum is silent, reason sometimes speaks.

Pride is not the heritage of man; humility should dwell with frailty, and atone for ignorance, error, and imperfection.

The true Philosophy, known and practised by Solomon, is the basis on which Masonry is founded.

Reverence for greatness dies out, and is succeeded by base envy of greatness.

What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.

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.

We avoid sensuousness, only by resorting to simple negation. We come at last to define spirit by saying that it is not matter.