Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

I never say anything of a man that I have the smallest scruple of saying to him.

Not all Masons are obligated on the Christian Bible. Masonry is universal and men of every creed are eligible for membership so long as they accept the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man. Therefore, the candidate should be obligated on the Book of the Sacred Law which he accepts as such since his obligation is a solemn and binding one.

If ever again our nation stumbles upon unfunded paper, it shall surely be like death to our body politic. This country will crash.

We must take care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, in a respectable defensive posture.

It is not the lowest priced goods that are always the cheapest - the quality is, or ought to be as much an object with the purchaser, as the price.

It is on great occasions only, and after time has been given for cool and deliberate reflection, that the real voice of the people can be known.