Scarlet Letter

Famous quotes containing the words scarlet and/or letter:

    “O, Nelly Gray! O, Nelly Gray!
    Is this your love so warm?
    The love that loves a scarlet coat
    Should be more uniform!”
    —Thomas Hood (1799–1845)

    “I have never injured anybody with a mordant poem; my
    verse contains charges against nobody. Ingenuous, I have
    shunned wit steeped in venom—not a letter of mine is dipped
    in poisonous jest.”
    —Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)