If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they’d never marry. - O. Henry

he had not been in Coralio long enough for his enthusiasm to cool in the heat of the tropics — a paradox that may be allowed between Cancer and Capricorn.

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

Eight dollars a week or a million a year — what is the difference? A mathematician or a wit would give you the wrong answer.