The foes from whom we pray to be delivered are our own passions, appetites, and follies; and against these there is always need that we should war.

I want to see you game, boys, I want to see you brave and manly, and I also want to see you gentle and tender.

All the resources we need are in the mind.

Hardness of heart is a dreadful quality, but it is doubtful whether in the long run it works more damage than softness of head.

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.

Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.

Under government ownership corruption can flourish just as rankly as under private ownership.