In a man's letters you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirror of his breast, whatever passes within him is shown undisguised in its natural process. Nothing is inverted, nothing distorted, you see systems in their elements, you discover actions in their motives.

I hold that the parentheses are by far the most important parts of a non-business letter.

Or don't you like to write letters. I do because it's such a swell way to keep from working and yet feel you've done something.

The word that is heard perishes, but the letter that is written remains.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

It does me good to write a letter which is not a response to a demand, a gratuitous letter, so to speak, which has accumulated in me like the waters of a reservoir.

Politeness is as much concerned in answering letters within a reasonable time, as it is in returning a bow, immediately.

I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage.

Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company.

A letter is an unannounced visit, the postman the agent of rude surprises. One ought to reserve an hour a week for receiving letters and afterwards take a bath.