My chief regret in life is that I have not been able to save more of my friends from the paths of error.

The Mason who is in love with the beauty of the work, who delights in the search for truth, who loves his brethren, and who strives to be a better man, is the one who is a true Freemason.

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.

The more I study, the more I am amazed at the work of the Creator.

I have always considered that my chief merit lay in having had the good fortune to have had good teachers and to have had the opportunity to observe the working of the best engines.

I am not one of those who think that an unworthy piece of work can be transformed into a worthy one by a title.

I’m very proud to be a Mason. It’s a brotherhood that’s concerned with truth and respect for each other.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Nothing in life can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. The slogan ‘Press On’ has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.