New Orts #38

October 6 MMXXIV

October. This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks in. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June,  December, August, and February.
— Mark Twain (in Pudd'nhead Wilson)

The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
— attributed to Mark Twain (1890) but borrowed from Josh Billings (pen name of Henry Wheeler Shaw), 1869
See https://quoteinvestigator.com/2019/09/02/lightning/

Love is the marrow of friendship, and letters are the elixir of love.
— James Howell (c.1593-1666)

The definition of a man is an animal that writes letters.
— Lewis Carroll (C.L.Dodgson) (1832-1898)

Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company.
— George Gordon Byron (1788-1824)