The Sovereignty Of One's Self Over One's

Be Prudent, Diligent, Temperate And Discreet. Remember That Every Human Being Has A Claim Upon Your Kind Offices.

To Sow, That Others May Reap; To Work And Plant For Those That Are To Occupy The Earth When We Are Dead; To Project Our Influences Far Into The Future, And Live Beyond Our Time; To Rule As The Kings Of Thought, Over Men Who Are Yet Unborn; To Bless With The Glorious Gifts Of Truth And Light And Liberty Those Who Will Neither Know The Name Of The Giver, Nor Care In What Grave His Unregarded Ashes Repose, Is The True Office Of A Mason And The Proudest Destiny Of A Man.

That Which We Say And Do, If Its Effects Last Not Beyond Our Lives, Is Unimportant.

Pride Is Not The Heritage Of Man; Humility Should Dwell With Frailty, And Atone For Ignorance, Error, And Imperfection.

There Are No Temptations From Which Assailed Virtue May Not Gain Strength, Instead Of Falling Before Them, Vanquished And Subdued.