The letters of famous people can be placed into two categories: there is the type of letter which becomes itself a valuable contribution to literature through its wit, style or wisdom; another kind is that whose main importance lies in the provision of a background to their author's life. Especially in the correspondence of great writers and poets, these two factors are very often combined.

She wasn't a person to whom things happen. She did all the happenings.

Final perseverance is the doctrine that wins the eternal victory in small things as in great

The sacrifice of pleasures is of course itself a pleasure.

I'm old-fashioned beyond my years.

we have invented sex guilt to take our minds off the real thing.

I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work.