It's wonderful what we can do if we're always doing.

The reflection upon my situation and that of this army produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in.

It is our policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.

Remember, officers and soldiers, that you are fighting for the blessings of liberty.

To enlarge the sphere of social happiness is worthy of the benevolent design of a Masonic institution; and it is most fervently to be wished, that the conduct of every member of the fraternity, as well as those publications, that discover the principles which actuate them, may tend to convince mankind that the grand object of Masonry is to promote the happiness of the human race.

Since the death of my father four years ago, our lives have become difficult, and I must help my family.

In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars.