There are beauties of character which, like the night-blooming cereus, are closed against the glare and turbulence of every-day life, and bloom only in shade and solitude, and beneath the quiet stars.
Henry Theodore TuckermanTo impress others we must be earnest; to amuse them, it is only necessary to be kindly and fanciful.
Henry Theodore TuckermanThe eye speaks with an eloquence and truthfulness surpassing speech. It is the window out of which the winged thoughts often fly unwittingly. It is the tiny magic mirror on whose crystal surface the moods of feeling fitfully play, like the sunlight and shadow on a still stream.
Henry Theodore TuckermanTravel gives a character of experience to our knowledge, and brings the figures on the tablet of memory into strong relief.
Henry Theodore Tuckerman