The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books

Courage, hard work, self-mastery, and intelligent effort are all essential to successful life.

Show me a man who makes no mistakes, and I will show you a man who doesn't do things.

Because we are unqualifiedly and without reservation against any system of denominational schools, maintained by the adherents of any creed with the help of state aid, therefore, we as strenuously insist that the public schools shall be free from sectarian influences, and above all, free from any attitude of hostility to the adherents of any particular creed.

From its origin to the present hour, in all its vicissitudes, Masonry has been the steady unwearing friend of man.

Profanity is the parlance of the fool. Why curse when there is such a magnificent language with which to discourse?

To hell with the Constitution when people want coal!