Covetousness is ever attended with solicitude and anxiety.

Masonic ideas are the precious jewels of Speculative Masons; the should be kept bright and sparkling for all the brethren to see and to admire. As such, they should be the special care of Masonic leaders particularly those who teach and interpret the philosophy of Freemasonry.

When you incline to have new clothes, look first well over the old ones, and see if you cannot shift with them another year, either by scouring, mending, or even patching if necessary. Remember, a patch on your coat, and money in your pocket, is better and more creditable, than a writ on your back, and no money to take it off.

Let thy discontents be thy secrets

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.

Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an easier service and therefore more generally chosen.

A full Belly makes a dull Brain: The Muses starve in a Cook's Shop.