There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life i… - O. Henry

Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

Life is full of sniffles sobs and smiles. With sniffles predominating.

There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.

Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

"I'll put you wise. You remember the old top-liner in the copy book — "Honesty is the Best Policy"? That's it. I'm working honesty for a graft. I'm the only honest man in the republic. The government knows it; the people know it; the boodlers know it; the foreign investors know it. I make the government keep its faith. If a man is promised a job he gets it. If outside capital buys a concession it gets the goods. I run a monopoly of square dealing here. There's no competition. If Colonel Diogenes were to flash his lantern in this precinct he'd have my address inside of two minutes. There isn't big money in it, but it's a sure thing, and lets a man sleep of nights."

The most notable thing about Time is that it is so purely relative. A large amount of reminiscence is, by common consent, conceded to the drowning man; and it is not past belief that one may review an entire courtship while removing one's gloves.

Well, little old Noisyville-on-the Subway is good enough for me.