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"A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would..."

"The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for."

"It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one."

"Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession. "

"Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected."

"To enlarge the sphere of social happiness is worthy of the benevolent design of a Masonic institution; and it is most fervently to be wished, that the conduct of every member of the fraternity, as wel..."

"[death]...the abyss from where no traveler is permitted to return"

"The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion."

"While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion. To the distinguished character of Patriot, it sho..."

"A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty more pressing than communicating it..."