The eye speaks with an eloquence and truthfulness surpassing speech. It is the window out of which the winged thoughts often fly… — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Communication Copy Share Image
Professed authors who overestimate their vocation are too full of themselves to be agreeable companions. The demands of their egotism are inveterate. — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Books Copy Share Image
Reason is not time only interpreter of life. The fountain of action is in time feelings. — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Action Copy Share Image
To impress others we must be earnest; to amuse them, it is only necessary to be kindly and fanciful. — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Earnest Copy Share Image
Far better one unpurchased heart than glory's proudest name. — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Glory Copy Share Image
Fashion seldom interferes with nature without diminishing her grace and efficiency. — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Efficiency Copy Share Image
There is to the poetical sense a ravishing prophecy and winsome intimation in flowers that now and then, from the influence of… — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Childhood Copy Share Image
The soul, by an instinct stronger than reason, ever associates beauty with truth. — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Associates Copy Share Image
As the falcon launched trustingly heavenward is lost to view, the course of the higher poetry often soars beyond the ken of… — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Bird Copy Share Image
If conversation be an art, like painting, sculpture, and literature, it owes its most power charm to nature; and the least shade… — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Art Copy Share Image
Let us recognize the beauty and power of true enthusiasm; and whatever we may do to enlighten ourselves and others, guard against… — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Beauty Copy Share Image
Literature is so common a luxury that the age has grown fastidious. — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Age Copy Share Image
