Our cares are the mothers, not only of our charities And virtues, but of our best joys and most cheering and enduring pleasures.
William Gilmore SimmsNot in sorrow freely is never to open the bosom to the sweets of the sunshine.
William Gilmore SimmsHe who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.
William Gilmore SimmsIt is a bird-flight of the soul, when the heart declares itself in song. The affections that clothe themselves with wings are passions that have been subdued to virtues.
William Gilmore Simms