Lee RE Lee on smoking...

[KLSDAD]

...to his son Rooney:

"I was sorry to hear from your mother that you smoke occasionally. It is dangerous to meddle with. You have in store so much better employment for your mouth. Reserve it for its legitimate pleasure. Do not poison and corrupt it with stale vapors or tarnish your beard with their stench."

I sent this to my buddy who is much less a Lee fan now unfortunately.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

" stale vapors "

I like that.

Those words can be applied to a variety of situations.

 

[MRB1863]

Profound. Good advice.

 

[Rio Bravo]

Smoking - the main cause of Statistics !!!

 

[samuel orris]

Man, people don't write like that any more.

 

[diane]

Don't think Lee ever even tried smoking or chewing. That could be why he looks most unhappy being a meerschaum pipe!

 

[brass napoleon]

Don't think Lee ever even tried smoking or chewing. That could be why he looks most unhappy being a meerschaum pipe!

(That one's going in the Original Quotes thread!)

 

[Rebel_Giratina]

I wonder what Robert E. Lee would think of today's "vaping" fad?