There is this to be said about walking: It's reliable, and it gets you there.O. Henry
You might as well demaud a mountain to take three steps to the right as to try to disturb me.Main Character
It's a mystery of nature; but you will rarely find the more hardened and confirmed bachelor who has lived a selfish life paying tribute to any one woman.O. Henry
If you can give a better reason for a thing than 'everybody does it,' you can move the world - if it isn't too heavy.O. Henry
There are as many follies to be committed by the mouth of man that escape the rogue's definition.O. Henry
In the Big City a man will disappear with the suddenness of a snowflake in the ocean; and no inquiry will be made about him.O. Henry
The Cactus of the desert, that wonderful plant without leaves and without water, also without a tender sentiment in his whole composition.O. Henry
You can't reason with your heart; it has its own laws, and thumps about things which the intellect scorns.O. Henry
There are stories - stories that have been used up and thrown away, old, worn-out stories, fit only to be retold.O. Henry
In all her knowledge she saw no wrong in sapient tricks upon the race of man.O. Henry