It gives men courage and ambition and the nerve for anything. It has the colour of gold, is clear as a glass and shines after dark as if the sunshine were still in it.

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.

If there was ever an aviary overstocked with jays it is that Yaptouwn on the Hudson called New York

It ain't the roads we take; it's what's inside of us that makes us turn out the way we do.

If man knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.

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

It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.