Scarlet Letter

Famous quotes containing the words scarlet and/or letter:

    “when I see the beauty of your face,
    Ye been so scarlet red about your eyen,
    It maketh all my dreade for to dyen;”
    —Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)

    “[I]n our country economy, letter writing is an hors d’oeuvre. It is no part of the regular routine of the day.”
    —Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)