Nothing is more important for the public wealth than to form and train youth in wisdom and virtue. Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.

He that rises late must trot all day.

Not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open.

Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.

Drive your business. Let not your business drive you.

Masonic labor is purely a labor of love. He who seeks to draw Masonic wages in gold and silver will be disappointed. The wages of a Mason are in the dealings with one another; sympathy begets sympathy, kindness begets kindness, helpfulness begets helpfulness, and these are the wages of a Mason.

Traveling is one way of lengthening life, at least in appearance.