6 cryptograms to solve with a pencil. Each letter of the quote has been swapped for another letter, and the same swap holds all the way through.
20 pt ciphertext — the size a newspaper puzzle page never gives you. 26 pt ciphertext with wide letter spacing and room to write. Both sizes print on US Letter with the answer key on its own page.
Printing this web page instead? Press Ctrl+P (⌘+P on a Mac). The navigation and buttons drop away, and the answer key prints on its own page — open it below first if you want it included.
Decoder — write your answer under each cipher letter:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
Solver's cheat sheet
Most common letters
E T A O I N S H R D L U
Most common 1-letter words
A I
Most common 2-letter words
OF TO IN IT IS BE AS AT SO WE HE BY OR ON DO IF ME MY UP AN GO NO US AM
Most common 3-letter words
THE AND FOR ARE BUT NOT YOU ALL ANY CAN HER WAS ONE OUR OUT DAY GET HAS HIM HIS HOW MAN NEW NOW OLD SEE TWO WAY WHO BOY DID ITS LET PUT SAY SHE TOO USE
Common double letters
LL EE SS OO TT FF RR NN PP CC
Common word endings
-ING -ION -ENT -TION -LY -ED -ER -EST
After an apostrophe
T (don't) S (it's) RE (we're) VE (I've) LL (we'll) D (I'd)
“Men use to tell us that we love flattery even though we are not deceived by it, because it shows that we are of importance enough to be courted.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844, Essays: Second SeriesCipher key: A=H B=V C=D D=A E=L F=C G=S H=T I=Q J=X K=B L=E M=K N=P O=G P=O Q=M R=Y S=R T=N U=I V=J W=F X=W Y=Z Z=U
“There is but such a quantity of merit between them; just enough to make one good sort of man; and of late it has been shifting about pretty much.”— Jane Austen, 1813, Pride and PrejudiceCipher key: A=Z B=L C=S D=W E=V F=D G=N H=F I=U J=B K=A L=E M=K N=Y O=T P=J Q=I R=H S=R T=O U=P V=X W=G X=Q Y=C Z=M
“All the lessons of history and experience must be lost upon us if we are content to trust alone to the peculiar advantages we happen to possess.”— Martin Van Buren, 1837, Inaugural AddressCipher key: A=C B=K C=X D=V E=N F=Q G=E H=D I=A J=Y K=W L=F M=S N=Z O=I P=O Q=R R=M S=H T=G U=L V=U W=T X=P Y=B Z=J
“We should always fearlessly insist upon our rights in the face of the strong, and we should with ungrudging hand do our generous duty by the weak.”— Theodore Roosevelt, 1902, Second Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=P B=Y C=N D=T E=U F=C G=D H=O I=A J=K K=X L=M M=L N=Z O=Q P=S Q=W R=F S=H T=R U=G V=I W=V X=J Y=B Z=E
“The main body of the laws which regulate the rights and obligations of the people should be maintained with as little interference as possible.”— William McKinley, 1900, Fourth Annual Message to CongressCipher key: A=X B=I C=N D=H E=L F=P G=Q H=T I=A J=W K=C L=F M=V N=G O=K P=D Q=B R=U S=O T=J U=Z V=M W=E X=R Y=S Z=Y
“Whatever he does is not only a reward in itself, but will be further rewarded in the sequel; and so pleasure leads on to pleasure in an endless chain.”— Robert Louis Stevenson, 1881, Virginibus Puerisque and Other PapersCipher key: A=E B=D C=L D=Z E=Y F=P G=K H=S I=O J=F K=I L=G M=T N=X O=N P=A Q=U R=V S=Q T=J U=W V=R W=M X=H Y=C Z=B