I have been apt to think that there has never been, nor ever will be, any such thing as a good war, or a bad peace.

Life is a kind of chess.

Do you love truth for truth's sake, and will you endeavor impartially to find and receive it yourself, and communicate it to others?

He that sells upon Credit expects to lose 5 per Cent. By bad Debts; therefore he charges, on all he sells upon Credit, an Advance that shall make up that Deficiency.

He's a fool that makes his doctor his heir.

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.

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.