All that the law can do is to shape things so that no injustice shall be done by one to the other, and that each man shall be given the first chance to show the stuff that is in him.

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.

I ask of each Mason, of each member, of each brother, that he shall remember ever that there is upon him a peculiar obligation to show himself in every respect a good citizen; for after all, the way he can best do his duty by the ancient order to which he belongs is by reflecting credit upon that order by way in which he performs his duty as a citizen of the United States.

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

Women should have free access to every field of labor which they care to enter, and when their work is as valuable as that of a man it should be paid as highly.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.