So far as I am acquainted with the principles and doctrines of Freemasonry, I conceive it to be founded in benevolence and to be exercised only for the good of mankind.

Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.

Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

Freedom and Property Rights are inseparable. You can't have one without the other.

I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong.

I regret exceedingly that the disputes between the protestants and Roman Catholics should be carried to the serious alarming height mentioned in your letters. Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause; and I was not without hopes that the enlightened and liberal policy of the present age would have put an effectual stop to contentions of this kind.

Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.