Now, girls, if you want to observe a young man hustle out after a pick and shovel, just tell him that your heart is in some other fellow's grave. Young men are grave-robbers by nature. — O. Henry Copy Share Image
My advice to you, if you should ever be in a hold up, is to line up with the cowards and save your bravery… — O. Henry Copy Share Image
“It did not exactly beggar description, but it certainly had that word on the lookout for the mendicancy squad.” — O. Henry Copy Share Image
Fortune is a prize to be won. Adventure is the road to it. Chance is what may lurk in the shadows at the roadside. — O. Henry Copy Share Image
She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership). — O. Henry Copy Share Image
There is no well defined boundary line between honesty and dishonesty. The frontiers of one blend with the outside limits of the other, and… — O. Henry Copy Share Image
All great men have declared that they owe their sucess to the aid and encouragement of some brilliant woman. — O. Henry Copy Share Image
Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature. — O. Henry Copy Share Image
I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands. — O. Henry Copy Share Image
There are stories in everything. I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lampposts, and newspaper stands. — O. Henry Copy Share Image
