[I]n our country economy, letter writing is an hors d’oeuvre. It is no part of the regular routine of the day.
ATTRIBUTION:
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), U.S. president. Letter, December 3, 1809, to his grandson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph. The Family Letters of Thomas Jefferson, p. 395, eds. E.M. Betts and J.A. Bear, Jr. (1966).
