57 Quotes by William Gilmore Simms

Modesty is policy, no less than virtue.

But for that blindness which is inseparable from malice, what terrible powers of evil would it possess! Fortunately for the world, its venom, like that of the rattlesnake, when most poisonous, clouds the eye of the reptile, and defeats its aim.

There is no doubt such a thing as chance, but I see no reason why Providence should not make use of it.

The birth of a child is the imprisonment of a soul.

Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption, also.

Philosophy has its bugbears, as well as superstition.

Revelation may not need the help of reason, but man does, even when in possession of revelation. Reason may be described as the candle in the man's hand, to which revelation brings the necessary flame.

Have I done anything for society? I have then done more for myself. Let that question and truth be always present to thy mind, and work without cessation.

Philosophy is reason with the eyes of the soul.