Masonic ideas are the precious jewels of Speculative Masons; the should be kept bright and sparkling for all the brethren to see and to admire. As su….

The most acceptable service of God is doing good to man..

Promises may get thee friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies..

The grand leap of the whale up the Fall of Niagara is esteemed, by all who have seen it, as one of the finest spectacles in nature..

I fear the man who drinks water and so remembers this morning what the rest of us said last night.

For Age and Want save while you may; No morning Sun lasts a whole day..

They who have nothing to trouble them, will be troubled at nothing..

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her..

Freedom of speech is the great bulwark of liberty; they prosper and die together: And it is the terror of traitors and oppressors, and a barrier agai….

Righteousness, or justice, is, undoubtedly of all the virtues, the surest foundation on which to create and establish a new state. But there are two ….

Men differ daily about things which are subject to sense, is it likely then they should agree about things invisible..

If all but myself were blind, I should want neither a fine house nor fine furniture..

In New England they once thought blackbirds useless, and mischievous to the corn. They made efforts to destroy them. The consequence was, the blackbi….

"We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable" in a draft of the Declaration of Independence changes it instead into an assertion of rationality.….

Love of country is the Mason's deed; world citizenship is his thought..

If you wish information and improvement from the knowledge of others, and yet at the same time express yourself as firmly fix'd in your present opini….

He that drinks fast, pays slow..

Furnished as all Europe now is with Academies of Science, with nice instruments and the spirit of experiment, the progress of human knowledge will be….

Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak..

That wise Men have in all Ages thought Government necessary for the Good of Mankind; and, that wise Governments have always thought Religion necessar….

The used key is always bright..