A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it.
If you live in an atmosphere of luxury, luxury is yours whether your money pays for it, or another's.
Men to whom life had appeared as a reversible coat - seamy on both sides.
A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.
Except in streetcars one should never be unnecessarily rude to a lady.
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.