Letters Quotes

Socrates called beauty a short - Lived tyranny; Plato, a privilege of nature; Theophrastus, a silent cheat; Theocritus, a delightful prejudice; Carneades, a solitary kingdom; Aristotle, that it was better than all the letters of recommendation in the world; Homer, that it was a glorious gift of nature; and Ovid, that it was favor bestowed by the gods.

Francis Quarles

More than kisses, letters mingle souls.

John Donne

A formula for answering controversial letters - - without even reading the letters Dear Sir or Madame You may be right.

Henry Louis Mencken

A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - Just to save it from drying out completely.

Pam Brown

It is well to write love letters. There are certain things for which it is not easy to ask your mistress face to face, like money for instance.

Henri De Regnie

Chain letters are not illegal. What is illegal is to threaten lives in such letters or solicit money.

Deane Jordan