All growth depends upon activity.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

Anytime you don't want anything you get it.

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.

It has not been my fortune to know very much of Freemasonry, but I have had the great fortune to know many Freemasons and have been able in that way to judge the tree by its fruit. I know of your high ideals. I have seen that you hold your meetings in the presence of the open Bible, and I know that men who observe that formality have high sentiments of citizenship, of worth, and character. That is the strength of our Commonwealth and nation.

A government which lays taxes on the people not required by urgent public necessity and sound public policy is not a protector of liberty, but an instrument of tyranny. It condemns the citizen to servitude.

Whenever I indulge my sense of humor, it gets me into trouble.