Epistolae Familiares - Letters of Interest

Famous quotes containing the words letters of, letters and/or interest:

“When griefs are genuine, I find, there is nothing more vacuous, more burdensome, or even more impertinent, than letters of consolation.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)

“A man who publishes his letters becomes a nudist—nothing shields him from the world’s gaze except his bare skin. A writer, writing away, can always fix himself up to make himself more presentable, but a man who has written a letter is stuck with it for all time.”
—E.B. (Elwyn Brooks)

“Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)