O. Henry

"Turn up the lights. I don't know what time it is."

"We are not made by our circumstances, we are made by our choices."

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

"A stitch in time may have ten times the sequel."

"The reason why great men are great is that they solve the problems of their times."

"About the only sensible thing to do when in New York is to assume that you have no friends."

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

"The true adventurers are those who push off from shore without knowing where they'll land."

"Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go."

"The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow."

"It could not have happened at a better time."

"Just to come to New York is enough."

"Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is the best entertainment."

"The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself."

"A man is not more honest because he wears a star on his breast."

"There are two kinds of people in the world, those that do the work and those that take the credit."

"The eyes of a true believer never dim."

"East is east and west is west, and the wrong one I have chose."

"When you see a man in Wall Street wearing a new sack suit he's a piker."

"The world needs more people with imagination."

"Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts."

"I love you as New York is loved by those who have to live in it."

"Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels good."

"The proof of the pudding is in the eating."

"There is always some madness in love."

"Defeat is only a temporary condition."

"We are the architects of our own destinies."

"The moon rises and a dog barks somewhere in the distance."

"For the fool and his money shall soon be parted."

"Tis the early bird that catches the worm and gets shot at."