Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.

So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.

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

The teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and entwined with our whole civic and social life that it would be literally impossible for us to figure to ourselves what that life would be if these teachings were removed.

For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.

In battle, the ONLY bullets that count are those that hit.

The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.